NGC 7360
NGC 7360
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
218 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
51k ly
across
14.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 218 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 7360 as it looked roughly 218 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 7373Lenticular4.6 million ly
apartNGC 7311Spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 7422Barred spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 7398Barred spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 7397Lenticular15 million ly
apartNGC 7402Lenticular15 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 7311Spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 7422Barred spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 7398Barred spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 7397Lenticular15 million ly
apartNGC 7402Lenticular15 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).