NGC 7264
NGC 7264
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sb
202 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
117k ly
across
14.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 202 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 7264 as it looked roughly 202 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 7248Elliptical16 million ly
apartNGC 7282Barred spiral17 million ly
apartNGC 7197Spiral23 million ly
apartNGC 7223Barred spiral24 million ly
apartNGC 7253ASpiral31 million ly
apartNGC 7273Lenticular32 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 7282Barred spiral17 million ly
apartNGC 7197Spiral23 million ly
apartNGC 7223Barred spiral24 million ly
apartNGC 7253ASpiral31 million ly
apartNGC 7273Lenticular32 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).