NGC 7196
NGC 7196
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
136 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
110k ly
across
12.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 136 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 7196 as it looked roughly 136 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 7200Elliptical1.5 million ly
apartNGC 7168Elliptical7.4 million ly
apartIC 5171Spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 7140Spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 7106Spiral20 million ly
apartNGC 7079Lenticular21 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 7168Elliptical7.4 million ly
apartIC 5171Spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 7140Spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 7106Spiral20 million ly
apartNGC 7079Lenticular21 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).