NGC 7239
NGC 7239
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E-S0
368 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
104k ly
across
15.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 368 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 7239 as it looked roughly 368 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 7170Elliptical28 million ly
apartNGC 7181Lenticular29 million ly
apartNGC 7182Lenticular30 million ly
apartNGC 7211Lenticular33 million ly
apartIC 1410Elliptical35 million ly
apartIC 1411Elliptical39 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 7181Lenticular29 million ly
apartNGC 7182Lenticular30 million ly
apartNGC 7211Lenticular33 million ly
apartIC 1410Elliptical35 million ly
apartIC 1411Elliptical39 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).