NGC 7159
NGC 7159
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Galaxy
morphology
507 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
105k ly
across
15.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 507 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 7159 as it looked roughly 507 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 5172Barred spiral30 million ly
apartIC 1398Spiral44 million ly
apartIC 5115Barred spiral57 million ly
apartNGC 7272Barred spiral71 million ly
apartNGC 7206Lenticular73 million ly
apartNGC 7291Lenticular77 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 1398Spiral44 million ly
apartIC 5115Barred spiral57 million ly
apartNGC 7272Barred spiral71 million ly
apartNGC 7206Lenticular73 million ly
apartNGC 7291Lenticular77 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).