NGC 7312
NGC 7312
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sb
385 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
104k ly
across
14.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 385 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 7312 as it looked roughly 385 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 1444Elliptical24 million ly
apartIC 5241Barred spiral25 million ly
apartIC 5223Spiral28 million ly
apartNGC 7362Elliptical38 million ly
apartNGC 7305Elliptical44 million ly
apartNGC 7383Lenticular47 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 5241Barred spiral25 million ly
apartIC 5223Spiral28 million ly
apartNGC 7362Elliptical38 million ly
apartNGC 7305Elliptical44 million ly
apartNGC 7383Lenticular47 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).