NGC 7179
NGC 7179
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBbc
137 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
81k ly
across
12.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 137 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 7179 as it looked roughly 137 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 7192Elliptical2.2 million ly
apartNGC 7191Spiral3.1 million ly
apartNGC 7219Spiral3.5 million ly
apartNGC 7199Barred spiral3.5 million ly
apartIC 5182Spiral4.4 million ly
apartNGC 7096Spiral8.9 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 7191Spiral3.1 million ly
apartNGC 7219Spiral3.5 million ly
apartNGC 7199Barred spiral3.5 million ly
apartIC 5182Spiral4.4 million ly
apartNGC 7096Spiral8.9 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).