NGC 7228
NGC 7228
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBa
304 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
122k ly
across
14.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 304 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 7228 as it looked roughly 304 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 7227Lenticular420,000 ly
apartIC 5191Lenticular8.3 million ly
apartNGC 7263Lenticular22 million ly
apartNGC 7240Elliptical24 million ly
apartIC 5180Elliptical25 million ly
apartNGC 7276Elliptical31 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 5191Lenticular8.3 million ly
apartNGC 7263Lenticular22 million ly
apartNGC 7240Elliptical24 million ly
apartIC 5180Elliptical25 million ly
apartNGC 7276Elliptical31 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).