NGC 7381
NGC 7381
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
213 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
42k ly
across
14.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 213 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 7381 as it looked roughly 213 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 7349Barred spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 7341Spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 7285Barred spiral27 million ly
apartNGC 7284Lenticular27 million ly
apartNGC 7252Lenticular33 million ly
apartIC 1443Elliptical33 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 7341Spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 7285Barred spiral27 million ly
apartNGC 7284Lenticular27 million ly
apartNGC 7252Lenticular33 million ly
apartIC 1443Elliptical33 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).