NGC 7075
NGC 7075
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
254 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
107k ly
across
12.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 254 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 7075 as it looked roughly 254 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 5105Elliptical11 million ly
apartNGC 7087Barred spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 7109Elliptical22 million ly
apartNGC 7110Barred spiral22 million ly
apartNGC 7057Elliptical24 million ly
apartNGC 7072ASpiral27 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 7087Barred spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 7109Elliptical22 million ly
apartNGC 7110Barred spiral22 million ly
apartNGC 7057Elliptical24 million ly
apartNGC 7072ASpiral27 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).