NGC 7028
NGC 7028
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
228 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
42k ly
across
14.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 228 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 7028 as it looked roughly 228 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 7025Spiral9.1 million ly
apartIC 5104Spiral19 million ly
apartNGC 7003Barred spiral20 million ly
apartNGC 7043Spiral23 million ly
apartNGC 7042Barred spiral24 million ly
apartNGC 7053Lenticular24 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 5104Spiral19 million ly
apartNGC 7003Barred spiral20 million ly
apartNGC 7043Spiral23 million ly
apartNGC 7042Barred spiral24 million ly
apartNGC 7053Lenticular24 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).