NGC 7233
NGC 7233
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
88 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
45k ly
across
12.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 88 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 7233 as it looked roughly 88 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 7232Lenticular660,000 ly
apartIC 5181Lenticular5.6 million ly
apartIC 5224Spiral6.5 million ly
apartNGC 7145Elliptical6.7 million ly
apartNGC 7213Spiral6.9 million ly
apartNGC 7155Lenticular7.7 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 5181Lenticular5.6 million ly
apartIC 5224Spiral6.5 million ly
apartNGC 7145Elliptical6.7 million ly
apartNGC 7213Spiral6.9 million ly
apartNGC 7155Lenticular7.7 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).