NGC 7207
NGC 7207
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
416 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
80k ly
across
15.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 416 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 7207 as it looked roughly 416 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 5144Elliptical25 million ly
apartNGC 7206Lenticular25 million ly
apartNGC 7190Lenticular41 million ly
apartIC 5160Lenticular43 million ly
apartNGC 7194Elliptical46 million ly
apartIC 1394Elliptical47 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 7206Lenticular25 million ly
apartNGC 7190Lenticular41 million ly
apartIC 5160Lenticular43 million ly
apartNGC 7194Elliptical46 million ly
apartIC 1394Elliptical47 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).