NGC 7259
NGC 7259
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sb
83 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
30k ly
across
13.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 83 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 7259 as it looked roughly 83 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 5271Barred spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 7188Barred spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 7185Elliptical14 million ly
apartIC 1459Elliptical15 million ly
apartNGC 7421Barred spiral16 million ly
apartIC 5270Barred spiral17 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 7188Barred spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 7185Elliptical14 million ly
apartIC 1459Elliptical15 million ly
apartNGC 7421Barred spiral16 million ly
apartIC 5270Barred spiral17 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).