NGC 7373
NGC 7373
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
219 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
66k ly
across
14.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 219 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 7373 as it looked roughly 219 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 7360Elliptical4.6 million ly
apartNGC 7398Barred spiral9.9 million ly
apartNGC 7397Lenticular10 million ly
apartNGC 7402Lenticular11 million ly
apartNGC 7422Barred spiral11 million ly
apartIC 1455Barred spiral12 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 7398Barred spiral9.9 million ly
apartNGC 7397Lenticular10 million ly
apartNGC 7402Lenticular11 million ly
apartNGC 7422Barred spiral11 million ly
apartIC 1455Barred spiral12 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).