NGC 7332
NGC 7332
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
57 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
49k ly
across
11.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 57 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 7332 as it looked roughly 57 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 7339Spiral5.8 million ly
apartNGC 7177Spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 7241Barred spiral13 million ly
apartIC 1420 NED02Spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 7250Spiral17 million ly
apartIC 1420 NED01Spiral20 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 7177Spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 7241Barred spiral13 million ly
apartIC 1420 NED02Spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 7250Spiral17 million ly
apartIC 1420 NED01Spiral20 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).