NGC 7106
NGC 7106
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · SABc
153 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
74k ly
across
13.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 153 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 7106 as it looked roughly 153 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 7140Spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 7196Elliptical20 million ly
apartNGC 7007Elliptical20 million ly
apartNGC 7200Elliptical22 million ly
apartIC 5064Barred spiral23 million ly
apartIC 5063Lenticular23 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 7196Elliptical20 million ly
apartNGC 7007Elliptical20 million ly
apartNGC 7200Elliptical22 million ly
apartIC 5064Barred spiral23 million ly
apartIC 5063Lenticular23 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).