NGC 7157
NGC 7157
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sa
404 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
138k ly
across
14.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 404 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 7157 as it looked roughly 404 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 7104Elliptical56 million ly
apartIC 1393Lenticular60 million ly
apartNGC 7103Elliptical60 million ly
apartNGC 7268 NED01Lenticular61 million ly
apartIC 1439Barred spiral63 million ly
apartNGC 7262Lenticular66 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 1393Lenticular60 million ly
apartNGC 7103Elliptical60 million ly
apartNGC 7268 NED01Lenticular61 million ly
apartIC 1439Barred spiral63 million ly
apartNGC 7262Lenticular66 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).