NGC 7491
NGC 7491
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sbc
290 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
71k ly
across
14.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 290 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 7491 as it looked roughly 290 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 7663Irregular32 million ly
apartNGC 7521Lenticular40 million ly
apartNGC 7725Lenticular40 million ly
apartNGC 7524Lenticular43 million ly
apartNGC 7544Lenticular45 million ly
apartNGC 7596Lenticular46 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 7521Lenticular40 million ly
apartNGC 7725Lenticular40 million ly
apartNGC 7524Lenticular43 million ly
apartNGC 7544Lenticular45 million ly
apartNGC 7596Lenticular46 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).