The sky around NGC 7537 at true scale, north up and east left, with stars to magnitude 8. The circles show the field of a low-power eyepiece and of 10×50 binoculars.
NGC 7537 is a spiral galaxy (Sbc) in Pisces, 131 million light-years away
NGC 7537 (PGC 70786, UGC 12442) is a spiral galaxy (Sbc) in the constellation Pisces, 131 million light-years away. It shines at magnitude 13.2 and spans 1.8′ × 30″ of sky, about 68,400 light-years across. It is a telescope object, 6 inches or larger, and it is highest in the evening sky in October.
Galaxy: a system of billions of stars, gas and dust held together by gravity, far outside the Milky Way. Spiral galaxies have a disk with arms; elliptical galaxies are smooth, round or oval swarms of older stars.
Finding NGC 7537 from Markab
NGC 7537 lies 11.0° south of Markab, the magnitude 2.5 star. A fist held at arm's length covers about 10°.
NGC 7537 is highest in the evening in October
The chart gives its height above the horizon at 9 pm through the year, from 60°N to 40°S. It can be seen from the whole northern hemisphere and south to about 86°S.
NGC 7537 is 131 million light-years away
The light seen from NGC 7537 tonight left it about 131 million years ago, long before modern humans existed. It ranks 257 of 422 by distance among the galaxies on Go Astronomy. Distance source: Cosmicflows-4 (Tully et al. 2023).
Objects within 6° of NGC 7537
No other Messier, Caldwell or Herschel 400 object lies within 6°.
