NGC 7272
NGC 7272
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBa
475 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
151k ly
across
15.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 475 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 7272 as it looked roughly 475 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 7291Lenticular9.2 million ly
apartNGC 7324Lenticular38 million ly
apartNGC 7206Lenticular50 million ly
apartIC 5172Barred spiral50 million ly
apartNGC 7414Lenticular69 million ly
apartNGC 7413Elliptical69 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 7324Lenticular38 million ly
apartNGC 7206Lenticular50 million ly
apartIC 5172Barred spiral50 million ly
apartNGC 7414Lenticular69 million ly
apartNGC 7413Elliptical69 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).