NGC 7225
NGC 7225
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
228 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
130k ly
across
13.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 228 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 7225 as it looked roughly 228 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
IC 5168Barred spiral8.4 million ly
apartNGC 7252Lenticular12 million ly
apartNGC 7284Lenticular18 million ly
apartIC 1443Elliptical22 million ly
apartIC 5178Barred spiral24 million ly
apartNGC 7220Lenticular24 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 7252Lenticular12 million ly
apartNGC 7284Lenticular18 million ly
apartIC 1443Elliptical22 million ly
apartIC 5178Barred spiral24 million ly
apartNGC 7220Lenticular24 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).