NGC 7291
NGC 7291
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
480 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
226k ly
across
14.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 480 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 7291 as it looked roughly 480 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 7272Barred spiral9.2 million ly
apartNGC 7324Lenticular36 million ly
apartIC 5172Barred spiral55 million ly
apartNGC 7206Lenticular59 million ly
apartIC 5274Lenticular63 million ly
apartNGC 7414Lenticular64 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 7324Lenticular36 million ly
apartIC 5172Barred spiral55 million ly
apartNGC 7206Lenticular59 million ly
apartIC 5274Lenticular63 million ly
apartNGC 7414Lenticular64 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).