NGC 7253A
NGC 7253A
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · SABc
219 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
99k ly
across
14.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 219 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 7253A as it looked roughly 219 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 7253BSpiral6.8 million ly
apartNGC 7264Barred spiral31 million ly
apartNGC 7273Lenticular31 million ly
apartNGC 7265Elliptical32 million ly
apartIC 1441Barred spiral42 million ly
apartNGC 7282Barred spiral42 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 7264Barred spiral31 million ly
apartNGC 7273Lenticular31 million ly
apartNGC 7265Elliptical32 million ly
apartIC 1441Barred spiral42 million ly
apartNGC 7282Barred spiral42 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).