NGC 7387
NGC 7387
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
323 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
94k ly
across
14.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 323 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 7387 as it looked roughly 323 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 7374Barred spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 7386Lenticular15 million ly
apartNGC 7430Lenticular22 million ly
apartNGC 7348Spiral25 million ly
apartNGC 7451Barred spiral25 million ly
apartNGC 7374BElliptical25 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 7386Lenticular15 million ly
apartNGC 7430Lenticular22 million ly
apartNGC 7348Spiral25 million ly
apartNGC 7451Barred spiral25 million ly
apartNGC 7374BElliptical25 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).