NGC 7302
NGC 7302
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E-S0
123 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
62k ly
across
12.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 123 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 7302 as it looked roughly 123 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 1445Elliptical7.6 million ly
apartNGC 7378Barred spiral9.5 million ly
apartNGC 7371Lenticular10 million ly
apartNGC 7171Barred spiral17 million ly
apartIC 1438Spiral18 million ly
apartNGC 7254Barred spiral18 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 7378Barred spiral9.5 million ly
apartNGC 7371Lenticular10 million ly
apartNGC 7171Barred spiral17 million ly
apartIC 1438Spiral18 million ly
apartNGC 7254Barred spiral18 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).