NGC 7341
NGC 7341
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · SABa
205 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
142k ly
across
13.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 205 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 7341 as it looked roughly 205 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 7349Barred spiral8.6 million ly
apartNGC 7285Barred spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 7381Spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 7284Lenticular17 million ly
apartNGC 7252Lenticular23 million ly
apartNGC 7230Barred spiral29 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 7285Barred spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 7381Spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 7284Lenticular17 million ly
apartNGC 7252Lenticular23 million ly
apartNGC 7230Barred spiral29 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).