NGC 7358
NGC 7358
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
155 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
96k ly
across
12.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 155 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 7358 as it looked roughly 155 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
IC 5245Lenticular2.0 million ly
apartIC 5247Barred spiral4.1 million ly
apartIC 5227Barred spiral4.1 million ly
apartNGC 7329Barred spiral4.5 million ly
apartIC 5250BLenticular5.3 million ly
apartIC 5272Spiral6.1 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 5247Barred spiral4.1 million ly
apartIC 5227Barred spiral4.1 million ly
apartNGC 7329Barred spiral4.5 million ly
apartIC 5250BLenticular5.3 million ly
apartIC 5272Spiral6.1 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).