NGC 7494
NGC 7494
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
373 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
94k ly
across
15.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 373 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 7494 as it looked roughly 373 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 7498Spiral9.0 million ly
apartNGC 7573Barred spiral18 million ly
apartIC 5310Lenticular24 million ly
apartNGC 7656Lenticular45 million ly
apartIC 5345Spiral47 million ly
apartIC 5343Spiral48 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 7573Barred spiral18 million ly
apartIC 5310Lenticular24 million ly
apartNGC 7656Lenticular45 million ly
apartIC 5345Spiral47 million ly
apartIC 5343Spiral48 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).