NGC 7391
NGC 7391
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
142 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
62k ly
across
12.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 142 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 7391 as it looked roughly 142 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 7428Spiral5.6 million ly
apartNGC 7416Barred spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 7460Barred spiral15 million ly
apartIC 1447Barred spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 7537Barred spiral22 million ly
apartNGC 7541Barred spiral23 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 7416Barred spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 7460Barred spiral15 million ly
apartIC 1447Barred spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 7537Barred spiral22 million ly
apartNGC 7541Barred spiral23 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).