NGC 7305
NGC 7305
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
364 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
91k ly
across
15.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 364 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 7305 as it looked roughly 364 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 7348Spiral24 million ly
apartIC 5223Spiral24 million ly
apartNGC 7362Elliptical27 million ly
apartNGC 7374BElliptical27 million ly
apartNGC 7385Elliptical28 million ly
apartNGC 7390Galaxy28 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 5223Spiral24 million ly
apartNGC 7362Elliptical27 million ly
apartNGC 7374BElliptical27 million ly
apartNGC 7385Elliptical28 million ly
apartNGC 7390Galaxy28 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).