NGC 7282
NGC 7282
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sb
212 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
49k ly
across
15.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 212 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 7282 as it looked roughly 212 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 7248Elliptical8.5 million ly
apartNGC 7223Barred spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 7197Spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 7264Barred spiral17 million ly
apartNGC 7273Lenticular28 million ly
apartNGC 7265Elliptical29 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 7223Barred spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 7197Spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 7264Barred spiral17 million ly
apartNGC 7273Lenticular28 million ly
apartNGC 7265Elliptical29 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).