NGC 7237
NGC 7237
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E-S0
366 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
211k ly
across
14.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 366 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 7237 as it looked roughly 366 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 7236Elliptical560,000 ly
apartIC 5177Barred spiral18 million ly
apartNGC 7195Lenticular19 million ly
apartIC 1427Elliptical19 million ly
apartNGC 7244Elliptical22 million ly
apartNGC 7194Elliptical24 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 5177Barred spiral18 million ly
apartNGC 7195Lenticular19 million ly
apartIC 1427Elliptical19 million ly
apartNGC 7244Elliptical22 million ly
apartNGC 7194Elliptical24 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).