NGC 7324
NGC 7324
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
455 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
151k ly
across
14.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 455 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 7324 as it looked roughly 455 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 7291Lenticular36 million ly
apartNGC 7272Barred spiral38 million ly
apartIC 5276Lenticular41 million ly
apartIC 5274Lenticular42 million ly
apartNGC 7474Elliptical55 million ly
apartIC 1461Spiral56 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 7272Barred spiral38 million ly
apartIC 5276Lenticular41 million ly
apartIC 5274Lenticular42 million ly
apartNGC 7474Elliptical55 million ly
apartIC 1461Spiral56 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).