NGC 7163
NGC 7163
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sab
132 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
83k ly
across
13.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 132 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 7163 as it looked roughly 132 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 7174Barred spiral2.4 million ly
apartNGC 7173Elliptical5.9 million ly
apartIC 5156Barred spiral6.7 million ly
apartNGC 7187Lenticular8.0 million ly
apartNGC 7208Lenticular11 million ly
apartNGC 7204ABarred spiral11 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 7173Elliptical5.9 million ly
apartIC 5156Barred spiral6.7 million ly
apartNGC 7187Lenticular8.0 million ly
apartNGC 7208Lenticular11 million ly
apartNGC 7204ABarred spiral11 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).