NGC 7382
NGC 7382
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sa
540 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
116k ly
across
14.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 540 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 7382 as it looked roughly 540 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 7322Lenticular24 million ly
apartNGC 7355Barred spiral27 million ly
apartNGC 7297Barred spiral48 million ly
apartIC 5289 NED02Lenticular60 million ly
apartIC 5174Barred spiral74 million ly
apartNGC 7658ALenticular75 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 7355Barred spiral27 million ly
apartNGC 7297Barred spiral48 million ly
apartIC 5289 NED02Lenticular60 million ly
apartIC 5174Barred spiral74 million ly
apartNGC 7658ALenticular75 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).