NGC 7284
NGC 7284
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
218 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
115k ly
across
13.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 218 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 7284 as it looked roughly 218 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 7252Lenticular7.5 million ly
apartNGC 7285Barred spiral9.8 million ly
apartNGC 7349Barred spiral17 million ly
apartNGC 7341Spiral17 million ly
apartNGC 7225Lenticular18 million ly
apartIC 1443Elliptical21 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 7285Barred spiral9.8 million ly
apartNGC 7349Barred spiral17 million ly
apartNGC 7341Spiral17 million ly
apartNGC 7225Lenticular18 million ly
apartIC 1443Elliptical21 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).