NGC 7369
NGC 7369
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
310 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
78k ly
across
14.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 310 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 7369 as it looked roughly 310 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 7337Barred spiral7.9 million ly
apartNGC 7317Elliptical9.7 million ly
apartNGC 7319Barred spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 7340Elliptical14 million ly
apartNGC 7335Lenticular15 million ly
apartNGC 7315Lenticular18 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 7317Elliptical9.7 million ly
apartNGC 7319Barred spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 7340Elliptical14 million ly
apartNGC 7335Lenticular15 million ly
apartNGC 7315Lenticular18 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).