NGC 7275
NGC 7275
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sa
304 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
103k ly
across
14.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 304 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 7275 as it looked roughly 304 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 7271Galaxy3.5 million ly
apartNGC 7270Spiral6.0 million ly
apartNGC 7317Elliptical17 million ly
apartNGC 7337Barred spiral18 million ly
apartNGC 7340Elliptical19 million ly
apartNGC 7335Lenticular19 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 7270Spiral6.0 million ly
apartNGC 7317Elliptical17 million ly
apartNGC 7337Barred spiral18 million ly
apartNGC 7340Elliptical19 million ly
apartNGC 7335Lenticular19 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).