NGC 7265
NGC 7265
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E-S0
236 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
170k ly
across
12.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 236 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 7265 as it looked roughly 236 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 7273Lenticular2.4 million ly
apartIC 1441Barred spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 7330Elliptical18 million ly
apartIC 5193Elliptical28 million ly
apartNGC 7223Barred spiral29 million ly
apartNGC 7282Barred spiral29 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 1441Barred spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 7330Elliptical18 million ly
apartIC 5193Elliptical28 million ly
apartNGC 7223Barred spiral29 million ly
apartNGC 7282Barred spiral29 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).