NGC 7030
NGC 7030
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBab
412 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
103k ly
across
14.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 412 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 7030 as it looked roughly 412 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 6986Elliptical32 million ly
apartIC 1358Galaxy32 million ly
apartNGC 7035ALenticular34 million ly
apartIC 1339Barred spiral34 million ly
apartIC 1336Lenticular38 million ly
apartIC 1356Elliptical40 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 1358Galaxy32 million ly
apartNGC 7035ALenticular34 million ly
apartIC 1339Barred spiral34 million ly
apartIC 1336Lenticular38 million ly
apartIC 1356Elliptical40 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).