NGC 7162
NGC 7162
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
108 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
95k ly
across
12.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 108 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 7162 as it looked roughly 108 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 7162ASpiral1.7 million ly
apartNGC 7166Elliptical5.5 million ly
apartNGC 7107Barred spiral7.5 million ly
apartNGC 7232ABarred spiral8.1 million ly
apartNGC 7232BBarred spiral9.8 million ly
apartNGC 7070ALenticular10 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 7166Elliptical5.5 million ly
apartNGC 7107Barred spiral7.5 million ly
apartNGC 7232ABarred spiral8.1 million ly
apartNGC 7232BBarred spiral9.8 million ly
apartNGC 7070ALenticular10 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).