NGC 7176
NGC 7176
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
118 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
40k ly
across
12.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 118 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 7176 as it looked roughly 118 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 7172Spiral2.4 million ly
apartNGC 7204ABarred spiral4.2 million ly
apartNGC 7204BLenticular4.2 million ly
apartNGC 7187Lenticular6.5 million ly
apartNGC 7154Irregular7.9 million ly
apartNGC 7173Elliptical8.0 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 7204ABarred spiral4.2 million ly
apartNGC 7204BLenticular4.2 million ly
apartNGC 7187Lenticular6.5 million ly
apartNGC 7154Irregular7.9 million ly
apartNGC 7173Elliptical8.0 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).