NGC 7368
NGC 7368
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBb
110 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
91k ly
across
13.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 110 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 7368 as it looked roughly 110 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 7418ASpiral13 million ly
apartNGC 7307Spiral13 million ly
apartIC 5269Lenticular15 million ly
apartNGC 7545Barred spiral16 million ly
apartIC 5264Spiral17 million ly
apartNGC 7232ABarred spiral17 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 7307Spiral13 million ly
apartIC 5269Lenticular15 million ly
apartNGC 7545Barred spiral16 million ly
apartIC 5264Spiral17 million ly
apartNGC 7232ABarred spiral17 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).