NGC 7229
NGC 7229
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
201 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
86k ly
across
12.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 201 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 7229 as it looked roughly 201 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 7221Barred spiral5.7 million ly
apartNGC 7201Spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 7203Lenticular13 million ly
apartNGC 7277Barred spiral17 million ly
apartNGC 7285Barred spiral21 million ly
apartIC 5157Elliptical22 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 7201Spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 7203Lenticular13 million ly
apartNGC 7277Barred spiral17 million ly
apartNGC 7285Barred spiral21 million ly
apartIC 5157Elliptical22 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).