NGC 7190
NGC 7190
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
414 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
116k ly
across
15.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 414 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 7190 as it looked roughly 414 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
IC 5160Lenticular5.0 million ly
apartIC 1414Elliptical30 million ly
apartIC 5144Elliptical33 million ly
apartNGC 7138Barred spiral34 million ly
apartNGC 7194Elliptical35 million ly
apartNGC 7132Spiral39 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 1414Elliptical30 million ly
apartIC 5144Elliptical33 million ly
apartNGC 7138Barred spiral34 million ly
apartNGC 7194Elliptical35 million ly
apartNGC 7132Spiral39 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).