NGC 7255
NGC 7255
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sa
236 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
101k ly
across
15.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 236 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 7255 as it looked roughly 236 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 7251Spiral8.0 million ly
apartNGC 7298Spiral9.6 million ly
apartNGC 7300Spiral11 million ly
apartIC 1443Elliptical23 million ly
apartNGC 7165Spiral25 million ly
apartIC 1417Barred spiral30 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 7298Spiral9.6 million ly
apartNGC 7300Spiral11 million ly
apartIC 1443Elliptical23 million ly
apartNGC 7165Spiral25 million ly
apartIC 1417Barred spiral30 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).