NGC 7372
NGC 7372
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sbc
545 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
160k ly
across
14.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 545 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 7372 as it looked roughly 545 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 7366Galaxy5.2 million ly
apartNGC 7346Elliptical14 million ly
apartNGC 7467Lenticular57 million ly
apartNGC 7459 NED01Elliptical63 million ly
apartNGC 7499Lenticular68 million ly
apartNGC 7542Lenticular71 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 7346Elliptical14 million ly
apartNGC 7467Lenticular57 million ly
apartNGC 7459 NED01Elliptical63 million ly
apartNGC 7499Lenticular68 million ly
apartNGC 7542Lenticular71 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).