NGC 7270
NGC 7270
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sab
310 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
84k ly
across
14.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 310 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 7270 as it looked roughly 310 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 7271Galaxy2.6 million ly
apartNGC 7275Spiral6.0 million ly
apartNGC 7317Elliptical16 million ly
apartNGC 7319Barred spiral19 million ly
apartNGC 7337Barred spiral19 million ly
apartNGC 7340Elliptical22 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 7275Spiral6.0 million ly
apartNGC 7317Elliptical16 million ly
apartNGC 7319Barred spiral19 million ly
apartNGC 7337Barred spiral19 million ly
apartNGC 7340Elliptical22 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).