NGC 7390
NGC 7390
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Galaxy
morphology
362 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
86k ly
across
15.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 362 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 7390 as it looked roughly 362 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 7385Elliptical3.9 million ly
apartNGC 7389Barred spiral6.1 million ly
apartNGC 7383Lenticular12 million ly
apartNGC 7374BElliptical17 million ly
apartNGC 7432Elliptical18 million ly
apartNGC 7362Elliptical21 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 7389Barred spiral6.1 million ly
apartNGC 7383Lenticular12 million ly
apartNGC 7374BElliptical17 million ly
apartNGC 7432Elliptical18 million ly
apartNGC 7362Elliptical21 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).