NGC 7273
NGC 7273
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
234 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
58k ly
across
14.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 234 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 7273 as it looked roughly 234 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 7265Elliptical2.4 million ly
apartIC 1441Barred spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 7330Elliptical18 million ly
apartNGC 7282Barred spiral28 million ly
apartNGC 7223Barred spiral28 million ly
apartNGC 7253BSpiral29 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 1441Barred spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 7330Elliptical18 million ly
apartNGC 7282Barred spiral28 million ly
apartNGC 7223Barred spiral28 million ly
apartNGC 7253BSpiral29 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).