NGC 7246
NGC 7246
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sa
193 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
127k ly
across
13.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 193 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 7246 as it looked roughly 193 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 1440Spiral3.8 million ly
apartNGC 7230Barred spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 7309Spiral23 million ly
apartNGC 7341Spiral32 million ly
apartNGC 7349Barred spiral35 million ly
apartNGC 7251Spiral35 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 7230Barred spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 7309Spiral23 million ly
apartNGC 7341Spiral32 million ly
apartNGC 7349Barred spiral35 million ly
apartNGC 7251Spiral35 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).