NGC 7244
NGC 7244
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E?
352 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
93k ly
across
13.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 352 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 7244 as it looked roughly 352 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 7283Spiral20 million ly
apartNGC 7236Elliptical22 million ly
apartNGC 7237Elliptical22 million ly
apartIC 1427Elliptical24 million ly
apartIC 5145Spiral34 million ly
apartNGC 7195Lenticular35 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 7236Elliptical22 million ly
apartNGC 7237Elliptical22 million ly
apartIC 1427Elliptical24 million ly
apartIC 5145Spiral34 million ly
apartNGC 7195Lenticular35 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).