NGC 7083
NGC 7083
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBbc
145 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
150k ly
across
11.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 145 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 7083 as it looked roughly 145 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 7096Spiral2.4 million ly
apartIC 5096Barred spiral4.9 million ly
apartIC 5084Barred spiral7.9 million ly
apartNGC 7020Lenticular7.9 million ly
apartIC 5092Barred spiral9.0 million ly
apartIC 5154Spiral9.5 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 5096Barred spiral4.9 million ly
apartIC 5084Barred spiral7.9 million ly
apartNGC 7020Lenticular7.9 million ly
apartIC 5092Barred spiral9.0 million ly
apartIC 5154Spiral9.5 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).