NGC 7289
NGC 7289
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
394 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
187k ly
across
14.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 394 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 7289 as it looked roughly 394 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
IC 5209Spiral20 million ly
apartIC 5212Barred spiral21 million ly
apartNGC 7262Lenticular26 million ly
apartNGC 7279Spiral28 million ly
apartNGC 7268 NED01Lenticular31 million ly
apartNGC 7299Spiral32 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 5212Barred spiral21 million ly
apartNGC 7262Lenticular26 million ly
apartNGC 7279Spiral28 million ly
apartNGC 7268 NED01Lenticular31 million ly
apartNGC 7299Spiral32 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).