NGC 7057
NGC 7057
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E-S0
238 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
94k ly
across
13.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 238 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 7057 as it looked roughly 238 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 7072ASpiral5.5 million ly
apartNGC 7072Spiral8.0 million ly
apartNGC 7087Barred spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 7060Spiral13 million ly
apartIC 5105Elliptical15 million ly
apartNGC 7038Spiral22 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 7072Spiral8.0 million ly
apartNGC 7087Barred spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 7060Spiral13 million ly
apartIC 5105Elliptical15 million ly
apartNGC 7038Spiral22 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).