NGC 7698
NGC 7698
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
327 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
100k ly
across
14.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 327 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 7698 as it looked roughly 327 million years ago. The photons left before that much of history had passed, and are only now reaching us. This distance is estimated from the galaxy's redshift, so the lookback time is approximate.
Nearest galaxies
NGC 7777Lenticular31 million ly
apartNGC 7726Barred spiral31 million ly
apartNGC 7543Barred spiral31 million ly
apartNGC 7737Lenticular32 million ly
apartNGC 7775Spiral34 million ly
apartNGC 7765Galaxy36 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 7726Barred spiral31 million ly
apartNGC 7543Barred spiral31 million ly
apartNGC 7737Lenticular32 million ly
apartNGC 7775Spiral34 million ly
apartNGC 7765Galaxy36 million ly
apart
Source: structural data (position, morphology, brightness, redshift) from OpenNGC (CC BY-SA). Distance computed by gravityfinder from redshift via Hubble's law (H0 = 70 km/s/Mpc).