NGC 7370
NGC 7370
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Galaxy
morphology
414 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
78k ly
across
16.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 414 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 7370 as it looked roughly 414 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 7383Lenticular41 million ly
apartIC 1461Spiral42 million ly
apartNGC 7389Barred spiral47 million ly
apartNGC 7413Elliptical47 million ly
apartNGC 7427Galaxy48 million ly
apartNGC 7385Elliptical49 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 1461Spiral42 million ly
apartNGC 7389Barred spiral47 million ly
apartNGC 7413Elliptical47 million ly
apartNGC 7427Galaxy48 million ly
apartNGC 7385Elliptical49 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).