NGC 7276
NGC 7276
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
278 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
81k ly
across
14.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 278 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 7276 as it looked roughly 278 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 7274Elliptical2.5 million ly
apartNGC 7263Lenticular10 million ly
apartNGC 7240Elliptical11 million ly
apartNGC 7320CLenticular16 million ly
apartNGC 7242 NED01Elliptical16 million ly
apartNGC 7318BBarred spiral17 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 7263Lenticular10 million ly
apartNGC 7240Elliptical11 million ly
apartNGC 7320CLenticular16 million ly
apartNGC 7242 NED01Elliptical16 million ly
apartNGC 7318BBarred 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).