NGC 7146
NGC 7146
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · SABa
408 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
87k ly
across
15.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 408 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 7146 as it looked roughly 408 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 1407Elliptical5.0 million ly
apartNGC 7149Elliptical7.5 million ly
apartIC 5151Galaxy20 million ly
apartNGC 7147Lenticular21 million ly
apartIC 1406Elliptical27 million ly
apartIC 1418Barred spiral28 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 7149Elliptical7.5 million ly
apartIC 5151Galaxy20 million ly
apartNGC 7147Lenticular21 million ly
apartIC 1406Elliptical27 million ly
apartIC 1418Barred spiral28 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).