NGC 7248
NGC 7248
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E-S0
206 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
103k ly
across
12.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 206 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 7248 as it looked roughly 206 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 7282Barred spiral8.5 million ly
apartNGC 7197Spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 7223Barred spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 7264Barred spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 7273Lenticular33 million ly
apartIC 1392Elliptical34 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 7197Spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 7223Barred spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 7264Barred spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 7273Lenticular33 million ly
apartIC 1392Elliptical34 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).