NGC 7073
NGC 7073
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sb
259 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
69k ly
across
14.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 259 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 7073 as it looked roughly 259 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 7105Lenticular16 million ly
apartNGC 7131Lenticular22 million ly
apartIC 1404Elliptical26 million ly
apartIC 1408Lenticular29 million ly
apartIC 1417Barred spiral35 million ly
apartIC 1412Lenticular41 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 7131Lenticular22 million ly
apartIC 1404Elliptical26 million ly
apartIC 1408Lenticular29 million ly
apartIC 1417Barred spiral35 million ly
apartIC 1412Lenticular41 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).