NGC 7314
NGC 7314
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · SABb
67 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
82k ly
across
11.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 67 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 7314 as it looked roughly 67 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 7361Spiral9.4 million ly
apartNGC 7180Elliptical11 million ly
apartNGC 7513Barred spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 7507Elliptical12 million ly
apartNGC 7418Spiral14 million ly
apartIC 5273Barred spiral15 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 7180Elliptical11 million ly
apartNGC 7513Barred spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 7507Elliptical12 million ly
apartNGC 7418Spiral14 million ly
apartIC 5273Barred spiral15 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).