NGC 7349
NGC 7349
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBb
213 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
74k ly
across
14.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 213 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 7349 as it looked roughly 213 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 7341Spiral8.6 million ly
apartNGC 7381Spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 7285Barred spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 7284Lenticular17 million ly
apartNGC 7252Lenticular22 million ly
apartIC 1443Elliptical26 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 7381Spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 7285Barred spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 7284Lenticular17 million ly
apartNGC 7252Lenticular22 million ly
apartIC 1443Elliptical26 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).