NGC 7096
NGC 7096
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sa
143 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
88k ly
across
12.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 143 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 7096 as it looked roughly 143 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 7083Barred spiral2.4 million ly
apartIC 5096Barred spiral6.9 million ly
apartNGC 7191Spiral8.0 million ly
apartIC 5154Spiral8.5 million ly
apartNGC 7020Lenticular8.5 million ly
apartNGC 7125Spiral8.8 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 5096Barred spiral6.9 million ly
apartNGC 7191Spiral8.0 million ly
apartIC 5154Spiral8.5 million ly
apartNGC 7020Lenticular8.5 million ly
apartNGC 7125Spiral8.8 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).