NGC 7154
NGC 7154
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Irregular
type · I
122 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
80k ly
across
12.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 122 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 7154 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
NGC 7135Elliptical2.5 million ly
apartIC 5131Elliptical3.5 million ly
apartNGC 7187Lenticular5.8 million ly
apartIC 5156Barred spiral6.4 million ly
apartNGC 7172Spiral7.2 million ly
apartNGC 7173Elliptical7.9 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 5131Elliptical3.5 million ly
apartNGC 7187Lenticular5.8 million ly
apartIC 5156Barred spiral6.4 million ly
apartNGC 7172Spiral7.2 million ly
apartNGC 7173Elliptical7.9 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).