NGC 7079
NGC 7079
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
128 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
86k ly
across
11.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 128 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 7079 as it looked roughly 128 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 7097AElliptical8.0 million ly
apartNGC 7097Elliptical12 million ly
apartNGC 7029Elliptical15 million ly
apartIC 5171Spiral17 million ly
apartNGC 7070Spiral17 million ly
apartNGC 7070ALenticular18 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 7097Elliptical12 million ly
apartNGC 7029Elliptical15 million ly
apartIC 5171Spiral17 million ly
apartNGC 7070Spiral17 million ly
apartNGC 7070ALenticular18 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).