NGC 7340
NGC 7340
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
298 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
75k ly
across
14.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 298 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 7340 as it looked roughly 298 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 7335Lenticular1.5 million ly
apartNGC 7315Lenticular4.7 million ly
apartNGC 7337Barred spiral9.3 million ly
apartNGC 7317Elliptical13 million ly
apartNGC 7369Spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 7275Spiral19 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 7315Lenticular4.7 million ly
apartNGC 7337Barred spiral9.3 million ly
apartNGC 7317Elliptical13 million ly
apartNGC 7369Spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 7275Spiral19 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).