NGC 7294
NGC 7294
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
473 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
289k ly
across
13.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 473 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 7294 as it looked roughly 473 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 7310Barred spiral31 million ly
apartIC 1439Barred spiral49 million ly
apartNGC 7268 NED01Lenticular84 million ly
apartNGC 7287ALenticular87 million ly
apartNGC 7287BGalaxy87 million ly
apartNGC 7157Spiral92 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 1439Barred spiral49 million ly
apartNGC 7268 NED01Lenticular84 million ly
apartNGC 7287ALenticular87 million ly
apartNGC 7287BGalaxy87 million ly
apartNGC 7157Spiral92 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).