NGC 7240
NGC 7240
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E-S0
282 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
49k ly
across
14.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 282 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 7240 as it looked roughly 282 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 5180Elliptical9.5 million ly
apartNGC 7263Lenticular10 million ly
apartNGC 7276Elliptical11 million ly
apartNGC 7274Elliptical12 million ly
apartNGC 7242 NED01Elliptical16 million ly
apartIC 5193Elliptical19 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 7263Lenticular10 million ly
apartNGC 7276Elliptical11 million ly
apartNGC 7274Elliptical12 million ly
apartNGC 7242 NED01Elliptical16 million ly
apartIC 5193Elliptical19 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).