NGC 7117
NGC 7117
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E-S0
261 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
130k ly
across
12.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 261 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 7117 as it looked roughly 261 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 7124Barred spiral20 million ly
apartNGC 7118Elliptical22 million ly
apartNGC 7072ASpiral35 million ly
apartNGC 7038Spiral37 million ly
apartIC 5125Barred spiral38 million ly
apartNGC 7057Elliptical38 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 7118Elliptical22 million ly
apartNGC 7072ASpiral35 million ly
apartNGC 7038Spiral37 million ly
apartIC 5125Barred spiral38 million ly
apartNGC 7057Elliptical38 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).