NGC 7317
NGC 7317
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
311 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
72k ly
across
13.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 311 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 7317 as it looked roughly 311 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 7337Barred spiral4.5 million ly
apartNGC 7319Barred spiral7.9 million ly
apartNGC 7369Spiral9.7 million ly
apartNGC 7340Elliptical13 million ly
apartNGC 7335Lenticular14 million ly
apartNGC 7270Spiral16 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 7319Barred spiral7.9 million ly
apartNGC 7369Spiral9.7 million ly
apartNGC 7340Elliptical13 million ly
apartNGC 7335Lenticular14 million ly
apartNGC 7270Spiral16 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).