NGC 7329
NGC 7329
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBbc
153 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
139k ly
across
11.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 153 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 7329 as it looked roughly 153 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
IC 5245Lenticular3.3 million ly
apartNGC 7358Lenticular4.5 million ly
apartIC 5250BLenticular5.2 million ly
apartIC 5222Barred spiral5.8 million ly
apartIC 5246Spiral6.4 million ly
apartIC 5272Spiral6.7 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 7358Lenticular4.5 million ly
apartIC 5250BLenticular5.2 million ly
apartIC 5222Barred spiral5.8 million ly
apartIC 5246Spiral6.4 million ly
apartIC 5272Spiral6.7 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).