NGC 7348
NGC 7348
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · SABc
344 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
101k ly
across
14.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 344 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 7348 as it looked roughly 344 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 7374BElliptical11 million ly
apartNGC 7386Lenticular15 million ly
apartNGC 7374Barred spiral17 million ly
apartNGC 7390Galaxy23 million ly
apartNGC 7362Elliptical24 million ly
apartNGC 7305Elliptical24 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 7386Lenticular15 million ly
apartNGC 7374Barred spiral17 million ly
apartNGC 7390Galaxy23 million ly
apartNGC 7362Elliptical24 million ly
apartNGC 7305Elliptical24 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).