NGC 7371
NGC 7371
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
126 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
77k ly
across
12.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 126 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 7371 as it looked roughly 126 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 7378Barred spiral5.2 million ly
apartNGC 7302Elliptical10 million ly
apartNGC 7416Barred spiral16 million ly
apartIC 1445Elliptical18 million ly
apartNGC 7444Lenticular19 million ly
apartIC 1447Barred spiral21 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 7302Elliptical10 million ly
apartNGC 7416Barred spiral16 million ly
apartIC 1445Elliptical18 million ly
apartNGC 7444Lenticular19 million ly
apartIC 1447Barred spiral21 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).