NGC 7040
NGC 7040
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sbc
284 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
86k ly
across
14.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 284 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 7040 as it looked roughly 284 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 7112Elliptical41 million ly
apartNGC 6971Barred spiral42 million ly
apartNGC 7068Spiral47 million ly
apartNGC 7047Barred spiral49 million ly
apartNGC 7042Barred spiral50 million ly
apartNGC 7043Spiral52 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 6971Barred spiral42 million ly
apartNGC 7068Spiral47 million ly
apartNGC 7047Barred spiral49 million ly
apartNGC 7042Barred spiral50 million ly
apartNGC 7043Spiral52 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).