NGC 7182
NGC 7182
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
379 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
87k ly
across
15.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 379 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 7182 as it looked roughly 379 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 7181Lenticular10 million ly
apartIC 1410Elliptical11 million ly
apartIC 1411Elliptical11 million ly
apartIC 1403Galaxy20 million ly
apartNGC 7170Elliptical23 million ly
apartNGC 7239Elliptical30 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 1410Elliptical11 million ly
apartIC 1411Elliptical11 million ly
apartIC 1403Galaxy20 million ly
apartNGC 7170Elliptical23 million ly
apartNGC 7239Elliptical30 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).