NGC 7362
NGC 7362
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
356 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
135k ly
across
12.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 356 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 7362 as it looked roughly 356 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 7374BElliptical16 million ly
apartNGC 7390Galaxy21 million ly
apartNGC 7385Elliptical23 million ly
apartIC 5223Spiral23 million ly
apartNGC 7348Spiral24 million ly
apartNGC 7389Barred spiral24 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 7390Galaxy21 million ly
apartNGC 7385Elliptical23 million ly
apartIC 5223Spiral23 million ly
apartNGC 7348Spiral24 million ly
apartNGC 7389Barred spiral24 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).