NGC 7253B
NGC 7253B
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
226 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
84k ly
across
13.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 226 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 7253B as it looked roughly 226 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 7253ASpiral6.8 million ly
apartNGC 7273Lenticular29 million ly
apartNGC 7265Elliptical29 million ly
apartNGC 7264Barred spiral35 million ly
apartIC 1441Barred spiral38 million ly
apartNGC 7080Barred spiral44 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 7273Lenticular29 million ly
apartNGC 7265Elliptical29 million ly
apartNGC 7264Barred spiral35 million ly
apartIC 1441Barred spiral38 million ly
apartNGC 7080Barred spiral44 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).