NGC 7315
NGC 7315
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
295 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
135k ly
across
13.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 295 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 7315 as it looked roughly 295 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 7335Lenticular3.4 million ly
apartNGC 7340Elliptical4.7 million ly
apartNGC 7337Barred spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 7320CLenticular16 million ly
apartNGC 7317Elliptical17 million ly
apartNGC 7263Lenticular18 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 7340Elliptical4.7 million ly
apartNGC 7337Barred spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 7320CLenticular16 million ly
apartNGC 7317Elliptical17 million ly
apartNGC 7263Lenticular18 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).