NGC 7262
NGC 7262
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
383 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
96k ly
across
15.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 383 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 7262 as it looked roughly 383 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 7268 NED01Lenticular21 million ly
apartNGC 7289Lenticular26 million ly
apartIC 5212Barred spiral38 million ly
apartIC 5209Spiral41 million ly
apartNGC 7279Spiral45 million ly
apartIC 5262Lenticular51 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 7289Lenticular26 million ly
apartIC 5212Barred spiral38 million ly
apartIC 5209Spiral41 million ly
apartNGC 7279Spiral45 million ly
apartIC 5262Lenticular51 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).