NGC 7104
NGC 7104
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
448 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
103k ly
across
15.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 448 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 7104 as it looked roughly 448 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 1393Lenticular4.8 million ly
apartNGC 7103Elliptical4.9 million ly
apartIC 5122Lenticular28 million ly
apartIC 5124Lenticular42 million ly
apartIC 1386Elliptical53 million ly
apartNGC 7035ALenticular53 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 7103Elliptical4.9 million ly
apartIC 5122Lenticular28 million ly
apartIC 5124Lenticular42 million ly
apartIC 1386Elliptical53 million ly
apartNGC 7035ALenticular53 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).