NGC 7383
NGC 7383
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
374 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
94k ly
across
14.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 374 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 7383 as it looked roughly 374 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 7389Barred spiral6.1 million ly
apartNGC 7385Elliptical8.3 million ly
apartNGC 7390Galaxy12 million ly
apartNGC 7362Elliptical27 million ly
apartNGC 7432Elliptical27 million ly
apartNGC 7374BElliptical28 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 7385Elliptical8.3 million ly
apartNGC 7390Galaxy12 million ly
apartNGC 7362Elliptical27 million ly
apartNGC 7432Elliptical27 million ly
apartNGC 7374BElliptical28 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).