NGC 7131
NGC 7131
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
254 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
83k ly
across
14.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 254 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 7131 as it looked roughly 254 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 1408Lenticular7.1 million ly
apartIC 1417Barred spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 7105Lenticular18 million ly
apartIC 1404Elliptical19 million ly
apartIC 1412Lenticular21 million ly
apartNGC 7165Spiral21 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 1417Barred spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 7105Lenticular18 million ly
apartIC 1404Elliptical19 million ly
apartIC 1412Lenticular21 million ly
apartNGC 7165Spiral21 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).