NGC 7345
NGC 7345
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sa
363 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
115k ly
across
15.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 363 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 7345 as it looked roughly 363 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 spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 7343Barred spiral20 million ly
apartNGC 7356Barred spiral39 million ly
apartNGC 7357Barred spiral44 million ly
apartNGC 7319Barred spiral46 million ly
apartNGC 7336Spiral53 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 7343Barred spiral20 million ly
apartNGC 7356Barred spiral39 million ly
apartNGC 7357Barred spiral44 million ly
apartNGC 7319Barred spiral46 million ly
apartNGC 7336Spiral53 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).