NGC 7074
NGC 7074
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
163 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
39k ly
across
14.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 163 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 7074 as it looked roughly 163 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 7081Barred spiral16 million ly
apartIC 1361Barred spiral26 million ly
apartIC 1368Spiral30 million ly
apartIC 1367Galaxy30 million ly
apartNGC 7156Spiral31 million ly
apartIC 1364Elliptical33 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 1361Barred spiral26 million ly
apartIC 1368Spiral30 million ly
apartIC 1367Galaxy30 million ly
apartNGC 7156Spiral31 million ly
apartIC 1364Elliptical33 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).