NGC 7041
NGC 7041
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E-S0
89 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
90k ly
across
11.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 89 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 7041 as it looked roughly 89 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 7144Elliptical9.6 million ly
apartNGC 7145Elliptical9.6 million ly
apartNGC 7155Lenticular10 million ly
apartNGC 7151Spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 7049Lenticular13 million ly
apartNGC 6990Spiral14 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 7145Elliptical9.6 million ly
apartNGC 7155Lenticular10 million ly
apartNGC 7151Spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 7049Lenticular13 million ly
apartNGC 6990Spiral14 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).