NGC 7336
NGC 7336
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · SABa
416 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
74k ly
across
15.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 416 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 7336 as it looked roughly 416 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 7342Barred spiral41 million ly
apartNGC 7420Barred spiral51 million ly
apartNGC 7345Spiral53 million ly
apartNGC 7439Lenticular56 million ly
apartNGC 7343Barred spiral71 million ly
apartNGC 7487Elliptical73 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 7420Barred spiral51 million ly
apartNGC 7345Spiral53 million ly
apartNGC 7439Lenticular56 million ly
apartNGC 7343Barred spiral71 million ly
apartNGC 7487Elliptical73 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).