NGC 7250
NGC 7250
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Scd
54 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
34k ly
across
12.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 54 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 7250 as it looked roughly 54 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 7231Barred spiral6.7 million ly
apartNGC 7332Lenticular17 million ly
apartNGC 7339Spiral19 million ly
apartNGC 7177Spiral22 million ly
apartIC 1420 NED02Spiral26 million ly
apartNGC 7241Barred spiral26 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 7332Lenticular17 million ly
apartNGC 7339Spiral19 million ly
apartNGC 7177Spiral22 million ly
apartIC 1420 NED02Spiral26 million ly
apartNGC 7241Barred spiral26 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).