NGC 7343
NGC 7343
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sb
346 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
92k ly
across
13.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 346 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 7343 as it looked roughly 346 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 7345Spiral20 million ly
apartNGC 7356Barred spiral22 million ly
apartNGC 7357Barred spiral26 million ly
apartNGC 7319Barred spiral27 million ly
apartNGC 7342Barred spiral32 million ly
apartNGC 7317Elliptical35 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 7356Barred spiral22 million ly
apartNGC 7357Barred spiral26 million ly
apartNGC 7319Barred spiral27 million ly
apartNGC 7342Barred spiral32 million ly
apartNGC 7317Elliptical35 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).