NGC 7307
NGC 7307
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
98 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
109k ly
across
12.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 98 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 7307 as it looked roughly 98 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 7418ASpiral10 million ly
apartNGC 7232BBarred spiral11 million ly
apartIC 5264Spiral11 million ly
apartIC 5181Lenticular11 million ly
apartIC 5269Lenticular12 million ly
apartNGC 7404Elliptical12 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 7232BBarred spiral11 million ly
apartIC 5264Spiral11 million ly
apartIC 5181Lenticular11 million ly
apartIC 5269Lenticular12 million ly
apartNGC 7404Elliptical12 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).