NGC 7153
NGC 7153
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sb
327 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
182k ly
across
14.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 327 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 7153 as it looked roughly 327 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 7214Barred spiral20 million ly
apartNGC 7152Barred spiral22 million ly
apartNGC 7262Lenticular71 million ly
apartIC 1389Lenticular72 million ly
apartIC 5086Elliptical72 million ly
apartIC 5210Elliptical72 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 7152Barred spiral22 million ly
apartNGC 7262Lenticular71 million ly
apartIC 1389Lenticular72 million ly
apartIC 5086Elliptical72 million ly
apartIC 5210Elliptical72 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).