NGC 7007
NGC 7007
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E-S0
139 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
137k ly
across
11.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 139 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 7007 as it looked roughly 139 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 7029Elliptical11 million ly
apartNGC 6948Spiral17 million ly
apartNGC 6942Lenticular18 million ly
apartNGC 7140Spiral18 million ly
apartIC 5059Spiral19 million ly
apartNGC 7106Spiral20 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 6948Spiral17 million ly
apartNGC 6942Lenticular18 million ly
apartNGC 7140Spiral18 million ly
apartIC 5059Spiral19 million ly
apartNGC 7106Spiral20 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).