NGC 7151
NGC 7151
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · SABc
87 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
68k ly
across
13.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 87 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 7151 as it looked roughly 87 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 7155Lenticular1.8 million ly
apartNGC 7145Elliptical4.3 million ly
apartNGC 7144Elliptical5.2 million ly
apartIC 5162Spiral7.6 million ly
apartNGC 7213Spiral8.2 million ly
apartNGC 7233Lenticular9.1 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 7145Elliptical4.3 million ly
apartNGC 7144Elliptical5.2 million ly
apartIC 5162Spiral7.6 million ly
apartNGC 7213Spiral8.2 million ly
apartNGC 7233Lenticular9.1 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).