NGC 7309
NGC 7309
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · SABc
188 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
114k ly
across
12.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 188 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 7309 as it looked roughly 188 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 7246Spiral23 million ly
apartNGC 7393Barred spiral24 million ly
apartNGC 7399Lenticular25 million ly
apartIC 1440Spiral26 million ly
apartNGC 7441Spiral29 million ly
apartIC 5278Spiral33 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 7393Barred spiral24 million ly
apartNGC 7399Lenticular25 million ly
apartIC 1440Spiral26 million ly
apartNGC 7441Spiral29 million ly
apartIC 5278Spiral33 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).