NGC 7330
NGC 7330
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
245 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
122k ly
across
13.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 245 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 7330 as it looked roughly 245 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 7379Barred spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 7265Elliptical18 million ly
apartNGC 7273Lenticular18 million ly
apartNGC 7426Elliptical19 million ly
apartIC 1441Barred spiral19 million ly
apartNGC 7445Lenticular19 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 7265Elliptical18 million ly
apartNGC 7273Lenticular18 million ly
apartNGC 7426Elliptical19 million ly
apartIC 1441Barred spiral19 million ly
apartNGC 7445Lenticular19 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).