NGC 7224
NGC 7224
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
567 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
249k ly
across
14.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 567 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 7224 as it looked roughly 567 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 7415Spiral110 million ly
apartNGC 7291Lenticular130 million ly
apartNGC 7272Barred spiral130 million ly
apartNGC 7475 NED01Elliptical130 million ly
apartNGC 7159Galaxy130 million ly
apartNGC 7475 NED02Galaxy140 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 7291Lenticular130 million ly
apartNGC 7272Barred spiral130 million ly
apartNGC 7475 NED01Elliptical130 million ly
apartNGC 7159Galaxy130 million ly
apartNGC 7475 NED02Galaxy140 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).