NGC 7135
NGC 7135
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E-S0
122 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
92k ly
across
12.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 122 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 7135 as it looked roughly 122 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 5131Elliptical1,000,000 ly
apartNGC 7154Irregular2.5 million ly
apartNGC 7187Lenticular7.6 million ly
apartNGC 7091Spiral7.9 million ly
apartIC 5156Barred spiral8.2 million ly
apartNGC 7172Spiral8.5 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 7154Irregular2.5 million ly
apartNGC 7187Lenticular7.6 million ly
apartNGC 7091Spiral7.9 million ly
apartIC 5156Barred spiral8.2 million ly
apartNGC 7172Spiral8.5 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).