NGC 7299
NGC 7299
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
422 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
82k ly
across
14.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 422 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 7299 as it looked roughly 422 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 7279Spiral21 million ly
apartIC 5209Spiral26 million ly
apartNGC 7289Lenticular32 million ly
apartIC 5212Barred spiral37 million ly
apartIC 5262Lenticular49 million ly
apartNGC 7178Spiral50 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 5209Spiral26 million ly
apartNGC 7289Lenticular32 million ly
apartIC 5212Barred spiral37 million ly
apartIC 5262Lenticular49 million ly
apartNGC 7178Spiral50 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).