NGC 7290
NGC 7290
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sbc
135 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
59k ly
across
13.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 135 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 7290 as it looked roughly 135 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 7328Spiral17 million ly
apartNGC 7463Spiral23 million ly
apartNGC 7479Barred spiral32 million ly
apartNGC 7347Barred spiral34 million ly
apartNGC 7465Lenticular36 million ly
apartNGC 7448Spiral37 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 7463Spiral23 million ly
apartNGC 7479Barred spiral32 million ly
apartNGC 7347Barred spiral34 million ly
apartNGC 7465Lenticular36 million ly
apartNGC 7448Spiral37 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).