NGC 7285
NGC 7285
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBa
208 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
162k ly
across
12.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 208 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 7285 as it looked roughly 208 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 7284Lenticular9.8 million ly
apartNGC 7341Spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 7252Lenticular15 million ly
apartNGC 7349Barred spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 7229Spiral21 million ly
apartNGC 7225Lenticular25 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 7341Spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 7252Lenticular15 million ly
apartNGC 7349Barred spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 7229Spiral21 million ly
apartNGC 7225Lenticular25 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).