NGC 7386
NGC 7386
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
338 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
200k ly
across
12.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 338 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 7386 as it looked roughly 338 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 7374Barred spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 7374BElliptical12 million ly
apartNGC 7387Elliptical15 million ly
apartNGC 7348Spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 7432Elliptical20 million ly
apartNGC 7390Galaxy24 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 7374BElliptical12 million ly
apartNGC 7387Elliptical15 million ly
apartNGC 7348Spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 7432Elliptical20 million ly
apartNGC 7390Galaxy24 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).