NGC 7283
NGC 7283
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sab
343 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
87k ly
across
15.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 343 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 7283 as it looked roughly 343 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 7244Elliptical20 million ly
apartNGC 7321Barred spiral28 million ly
apartIC 5254Spiral35 million ly
apartIC 5253Lenticular37 million ly
apartNGC 7375Lenticular37 million ly
apartNGC 7236Elliptical38 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 7321Barred spiral28 million ly
apartIC 5254Spiral35 million ly
apartIC 5253Lenticular37 million ly
apartNGC 7375Lenticular37 million ly
apartNGC 7236Elliptical38 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).