NGC 7112
NGC 7112
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
270 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
78k ly
across
15.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 270 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 7112 as it looked roughly 270 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 7068Spiral34 million ly
apartNGC 7040Barred spiral41 million ly
apartNGC 7102Barred spiral43 million ly
apartNGC 7042Barred spiral45 million ly
apartNGC 7043Spiral46 million ly
apartIC 5119Spiral49 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 7040Barred spiral41 million ly
apartNGC 7102Barred spiral43 million ly
apartNGC 7042Barred spiral45 million ly
apartNGC 7043Spiral46 million ly
apartIC 5119Spiral49 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).