NGC 7254
NGC 7254
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBb
127 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
48k ly
across
13.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 127 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 7254 as it looked roughly 127 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 1438Spiral5.9 million ly
apartIC 1445Elliptical11 million ly
apartNGC 7184Barred spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 7183Lenticular13 million ly
apartNGC 7247Barred spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 7167Barred spiral15 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 1445Elliptical11 million ly
apartNGC 7184Barred spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 7183Lenticular13 million ly
apartNGC 7247Barred spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 7167Barred spiral15 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).