NGC 7310
NGC 7310
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBbc
454 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
125k ly
across
14.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 454 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 7310 as it looked roughly 454 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 7294Lenticular31 million ly
apartIC 1439Barred spiral34 million ly
apartNGC 7269Barred spiral75 million ly
apartNGC 7157Spiral84 million ly
apartNGC 7268 NED01Lenticular84 million ly
apartNGC 7104Elliptical99 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 1439Barred spiral34 million ly
apartNGC 7269Barred spiral75 million ly
apartNGC 7157Spiral84 million ly
apartNGC 7268 NED01Lenticular84 million ly
apartNGC 7104Elliptical99 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).