NGC 7185
NGC 7185
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E-S0
85 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
57k ly
across
12.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 85 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 7185 as it looked roughly 85 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 7188Barred spiral4.8 million ly
apartNGC 7218Spiral9.8 million ly
apartNGC 7259Barred spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 7180Elliptical17 million ly
apartNGC 7314Spiral22 million ly
apartIC 5078Spiral26 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 7218Spiral9.8 million ly
apartNGC 7259Barred spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 7180Elliptical17 million ly
apartNGC 7314Spiral22 million ly
apartIC 5078Spiral26 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).