NGC 7097A
NGC 7097A
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
121 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
25k ly
across
14.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 121 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 7097A as it looked roughly 121 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 7097Elliptical4.8 million ly
apartNGC 7079Lenticular8.0 million ly
apartNGC 7070Spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 7166Elliptical11 million ly
apartNGC 7070ALenticular12 million ly
apartNGC 7091Spiral13 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 7079Lenticular8.0 million ly
apartNGC 7070Spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 7166Elliptical11 million ly
apartNGC 7070ALenticular12 million ly
apartNGC 7091Spiral13 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).