NGC 7339
NGC 7339
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · SABb
63 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
58k ly
across
12.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 63 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 7339 as it looked roughly 63 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 7332Lenticular5.8 million ly
apartNGC 7241Barred spiral9.0 million ly
apartIC 1420 NED02Spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 7177Spiral14 million ly
apartIC 1420 NED01Spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 7625Spiral19 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 7241Barred spiral9.0 million ly
apartIC 1420 NED02Spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 7177Spiral14 million ly
apartIC 1420 NED01Spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 7625Spiral19 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).