NGC 7364
NGC 7364
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
226 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
108k ly
across
13.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 226 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 7364 as it looked roughly 226 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 7396Spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 7401Barred spiral11 million ly
apartIC 1455Barred spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 7397Lenticular11 million ly
apartNGC 7398Barred spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 7402Lenticular14 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 7401Barred spiral11 million ly
apartIC 1455Barred spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 7397Lenticular11 million ly
apartNGC 7398Barred spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 7402Lenticular14 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).