NGC 7514
NGC 7514
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sbc
227 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
86k ly
across
13.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 227 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 7514 as it looked roughly 227 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 7680Elliptical21 million ly
apartNGC 7449Elliptical23 million ly
apartNGC 7445Lenticular24 million ly
apartNGC 7426Elliptical25 million ly
apartIC 5355Barred spiral30 million ly
apartNGC 7446Elliptical33 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 7449Elliptical23 million ly
apartNGC 7445Lenticular24 million ly
apartNGC 7426Elliptical25 million ly
apartIC 5355Barred spiral30 million ly
apartNGC 7446Elliptical33 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).