NGC 7288
NGC 7288
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sa
229 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
128k ly
across
14.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 229 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 7288 as it looked roughly 229 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 7266Spiral6.4 million ly
apartNGC 7257Spiral8.8 million ly
apartNGC 7364Lenticular20 million ly
apartNGC 7198Lenticular26 million ly
apartNGC 7396Spiral29 million ly
apartNGC 7401Barred spiral30 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 7257Spiral8.8 million ly
apartNGC 7364Lenticular20 million ly
apartNGC 7198Lenticular26 million ly
apartNGC 7396Spiral29 million ly
apartNGC 7401Barred spiral30 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).