NGC 7359
NGC 7359
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
156 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
99k ly
across
12.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 156 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 7359 as it looked roughly 156 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 7377Lenticular4.2 million ly
apartNGC 7392Barred spiral12 million ly
apartIC 5261Barred spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 7306Barred spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 7365Elliptical16 million ly
apartNGC 7267Barred spiral30 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 7392Barred spiral12 million ly
apartIC 5261Barred spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 7306Barred spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 7365Elliptical16 million ly
apartNGC 7267Barred spiral30 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).