NGC 7366
NGC 7366
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Galaxy
morphology
542 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
54k ly
across
16.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 542 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 7366 as it looked roughly 542 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 7372Barred spiral5.2 million ly
apartNGC 7346Elliptical12 million ly
apartNGC 7467Lenticular61 million ly
apartNGC 7459 NED01Elliptical64 million ly
apartNGC 7499Lenticular69 million ly
apartNGC 7500Lenticular75 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 7346Elliptical12 million ly
apartNGC 7467Lenticular61 million ly
apartNGC 7459 NED01Elliptical64 million ly
apartNGC 7499Lenticular69 million ly
apartNGC 7500Lenticular75 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).