NGC 7318B
NGC 7318B
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBbc
272 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
187k ly
across
14.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 272 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 7318B as it looked roughly 272 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 7320CLenticular7.5 million ly
apartNGC 7274Elliptical16 million ly
apartNGC 7276Elliptical17 million ly
apartNGC 7395Lenticular22 million ly
apartNGC 7315Lenticular23 million ly
apartIC 5259Spiral24 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 7274Elliptical16 million ly
apartNGC 7276Elliptical17 million ly
apartNGC 7395Lenticular22 million ly
apartNGC 7315Lenticular23 million ly
apartIC 5259Spiral24 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).