NGC 7385
NGC 7385
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
365 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
205k ly
across
12.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 365 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 7385 as it looked roughly 365 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 spiral2.4 million ly
apartNGC 7390Galaxy3.9 million ly
apartNGC 7383Lenticular8.3 million ly
apartNGC 7374BElliptical20 million ly
apartNGC 7432Elliptical21 million ly
apartNGC 7362Elliptical23 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 7390Galaxy3.9 million ly
apartNGC 7383Lenticular8.3 million ly
apartNGC 7374BElliptical20 million ly
apartNGC 7432Elliptical21 million ly
apartNGC 7362Elliptical23 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).