NGC 7346
NGC 7346
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E?
546 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
60k ly
across
15.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 546 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 7346 as it looked roughly 546 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 7366Galaxy12 million ly
apartNGC 7372Barred spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 7467Lenticular68 million ly
apartNGC 7459 NED01Elliptical72 million ly
apartNGC 7499Lenticular80 million ly
apartIC 5172Barred spiral82 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 7372Barred spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 7467Lenticular68 million ly
apartNGC 7459 NED01Elliptical72 million ly
apartNGC 7499Lenticular80 million ly
apartIC 5172Barred spiral82 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).