NGC 7046
NGC 7046
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
194 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
62k ly
across
12.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 194 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 7046 as it looked roughly 194 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
IC 1364Elliptical2.7 million ly
apartIC 1367Galaxy5.2 million ly
apartIC 1368Spiral7.0 million ly
apartIC 1361Barred spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 6962Spiral25 million ly
apartNGC 6965Lenticular25 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 1367Galaxy5.2 million ly
apartIC 1368Spiral7.0 million ly
apartIC 1361Barred spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 6962Spiral25 million ly
apartNGC 6965Lenticular25 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).