NGC 7191
NGC 7191
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · SABc
140 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
74k ly
across
13.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 140 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 7191 as it looked roughly 140 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 7219Spiral1.9 million ly
apartNGC 7179Barred spiral3.1 million ly
apartIC 5182Spiral4.2 million ly
apartNGC 7192Elliptical4.7 million ly
apartNGC 7199Barred spiral5.6 million ly
apartIC 5154Spiral6.6 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 7179Barred spiral3.1 million ly
apartIC 5182Spiral4.2 million ly
apartNGC 7192Elliptical4.7 million ly
apartNGC 7199Barred spiral5.6 million ly
apartIC 5154Spiral6.6 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).