NGC 7049
NGC 7049
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
102 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
117k ly
across
10.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 102 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 7049 as it looked roughly 102 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 7022Lenticular6.7 million ly
apartNGC 7107Barred spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 7041Elliptical13 million ly
apartNGC 7070ALenticular14 million ly
apartNGC 7070Spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 7144Elliptical15 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 7107Barred spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 7041Elliptical13 million ly
apartNGC 7070ALenticular14 million ly
apartNGC 7070Spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 7144Elliptical15 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).