NGC 7355
NGC 7355
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sb
564 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
171k ly
across
15.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 564 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 7355 as it looked roughly 564 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 7322Lenticular26 million ly
apartNGC 7382Spiral27 million ly
apartNGC 7297Barred spiral60 million ly
apartIC 5174Barred spiral77 million ly
apartIC 5289 NED02Lenticular80 million ly
apartIC 5175Spiral86 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 7382Spiral27 million ly
apartNGC 7297Barred spiral60 million ly
apartIC 5174Barred spiral77 million ly
apartIC 5289 NED02Lenticular80 million ly
apartIC 5175Spiral86 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).