NGC 7241
NGC 7241
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBbc
67 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
54k ly
across
13.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 67 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 7241 as it looked roughly 67 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 1420 NED02Spiral3.7 million ly
apartIC 1420 NED01Spiral7.6 million ly
apartNGC 7339Spiral9.0 million ly
apartNGC 7332Lenticular13 million ly
apartNGC 7177Spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 7137Spiral15 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 1420 NED01Spiral7.6 million ly
apartNGC 7339Spiral9.0 million ly
apartNGC 7332Lenticular13 million ly
apartNGC 7177Spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 7137Spiral15 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).