NGC 7144
NGC 7144
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
91 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
90k ly
across
11.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 91 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 7144 as it looked roughly 91 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 7145Elliptical3.0 million ly
apartNGC 7155Lenticular4.2 million ly
apartNGC 7151Spiral5.2 million ly
apartIC 5181Lenticular7.4 million ly
apartNGC 7232Lenticular7.4 million ly
apartNGC 7233Lenticular7.7 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 7155Lenticular4.2 million ly
apartNGC 7151Spiral5.2 million ly
apartIC 5181Lenticular7.4 million ly
apartNGC 7232Lenticular7.4 million ly
apartNGC 7233Lenticular7.7 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).