NGC 7297
NGC 7297
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBbc
509 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
124k ly
across
14.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 509 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 7297 as it looked roughly 509 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
IC 5174Barred spiral33 million ly
apartIC 5175Spiral33 million ly
apartNGC 7322Lenticular34 million ly
apartNGC 7382Spiral48 million ly
apartNGC 7355Barred spiral60 million ly
apartNGC 7178Spiral86 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 5175Spiral33 million ly
apartNGC 7322Lenticular34 million ly
apartNGC 7382Spiral48 million ly
apartNGC 7355Barred spiral60 million ly
apartNGC 7178Spiral86 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).