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NGC 7331

Galaxy · Galaxy in the constellation Pegasus

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NGC 7331
Picture: Ngc1535, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

About NGC 7331

NGC 7331 is about 47.94 million light-years from the Sun, so the light we see from it left about 47.94 million years ago.

The light we see from it set out 0.0479 billion years ago, when the universe was 13.7 billion years old (redshift 0.00332).

The map lists it as a galaxy and shows it at the scale of the Milky Way and the Local Group, drawn on the plane of the Milky Way.

Its distance or nature is debated, and the map shows one published value.

Distance contested: 12–14.7 Mpc.

Key numbers

Distance47.94 million light-years (14.70 Mpc)
Redshift z0.00332
Light travel time0.0479 billion years
Universe's age when this light left13.7 billion years
Distance methodredshift-independent (literature)
Supergalactic coordinatesSGL 328.0°, SGB +37.1°

Where it is

Its place in the universe, from the inside out: Virgo Supercluster › Laniakea Supercluster › Observable universe.

Zoom out to see it in context: Council of Giants, a view about 36 million light-years across.

From Wikipedia

NGC 7331, also known as Caldwell 30, is an unbarred spiral galaxy about 13.427 megaparsecs away in the constellation Pegasus. It was discovered by William Herschel on 6 September 1784.

Excerpt from the Wikipedia article NGC 7331, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

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