NGC 7356
NGC 7356
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sbc
339 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
124k ly
across
15.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 339 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 7356 as it looked roughly 339 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 7357Barred spiral5.3 million ly
apartNGC 7343Barred spiral22 million ly
apartNGC 7319Barred spiral29 million ly
apartIC 5233Barred spiral31 million ly
apartNGC 7473Lenticular32 million ly
apartNGC 7435Barred spiral34 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 7343Barred spiral22 million ly
apartNGC 7319Barred spiral29 million ly
apartIC 5233Barred spiral31 million ly
apartNGC 7473Lenticular32 million ly
apartNGC 7435Barred spiral34 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).