NGC 7206
NGC 7206
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
441 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
153k ly
across
14.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 441 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 7206 as it looked roughly 441 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 7207Lenticular25 million ly
apartIC 5144Elliptical32 million ly
apartIC 5160Lenticular50 million ly
apartNGC 7272Barred spiral50 million ly
apartNGC 7190Lenticular50 million ly
apartIC 1394Elliptical57 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 5144Elliptical32 million ly
apartIC 5160Lenticular50 million ly
apartNGC 7272Barred spiral50 million ly
apartNGC 7190Lenticular50 million ly
apartIC 1394Elliptical57 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).