NGC 7306
NGC 7306
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBb
166 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
87k ly
across
13.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 166 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 7306 as it looked roughly 166 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 7359Lenticular16 million ly
apartNGC 7258Barred spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 7377Lenticular19 million ly
apartNGC 7267Barred spiral20 million ly
apartNGC 7277Barred spiral26 million ly
apartNGC 7392Barred spiral28 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 7258Barred spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 7377Lenticular19 million ly
apartNGC 7267Barred spiral20 million ly
apartNGC 7277Barred spiral26 million ly
apartNGC 7392Barred spiral28 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).