NGC 7258
NGC 7258
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sb
180 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
81k ly
across
14.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 180 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 7258 as it looked roughly 180 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 7277Barred spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 7306Barred spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 7203Lenticular18 million ly
apartNGC 7229Spiral23 million ly
apartNGC 7267Barred spiral26 million ly
apartNGC 7221Barred spiral27 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 7306Barred spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 7203Lenticular18 million ly
apartNGC 7229Spiral23 million ly
apartNGC 7267Barred spiral26 million ly
apartNGC 7221Barred spiral27 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).