NGC 7029
NGC 7029
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
131 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
105k ly
across
11.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 131 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 7029 as it looked roughly 131 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 7007Elliptical11 million ly
apartNGC 7079Lenticular15 million ly
apartNGC 6909Elliptical18 million ly
apartNGC 7168Elliptical19 million ly
apartNGC 7097AElliptical21 million ly
apartNGC 7196Elliptical21 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 7079Lenticular15 million ly
apartNGC 6909Elliptical18 million ly
apartNGC 7168Elliptical19 million ly
apartNGC 7097AElliptical21 million ly
apartNGC 7196Elliptical21 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).