NGC 7200
NGC 7200
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
135 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
50k ly
across
12.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 135 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 7200 as it looked roughly 135 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 7196Elliptical1.5 million ly
apartNGC 7168Elliptical6.5 million ly
apartIC 5171Spiral9.5 million ly
apartNGC 7140Spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 7079Lenticular20 million ly
apartNGC 7029Elliptical21 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 7168Elliptical6.5 million ly
apartIC 5171Spiral9.5 million ly
apartNGC 7140Spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 7079Lenticular20 million ly
apartNGC 7029Elliptical21 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).