NGC 7220
NGC 7220
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
248 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
65k ly
across
13.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 248 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 7220 as it looked roughly 248 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
IC 5178Barred spiral1.3 million ly
apartIC 1435Barred spiral4.3 million ly
apartIC 1443Elliptical22 million ly
apartIC 5149Spiral24 million ly
apartNGC 7225Lenticular24 million ly
apartNGC 7252Lenticular30 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 1435Barred spiral4.3 million ly
apartIC 1443Elliptical22 million ly
apartIC 5149Spiral24 million ly
apartNGC 7225Lenticular24 million ly
apartNGC 7252Lenticular30 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).