NGC 7211
NGC 7211
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
390 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
87k ly
across
15.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 390 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 7211 as it looked roughly 390 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 7170Elliptical20 million ly
apartIC 1436Elliptical26 million ly
apartNGC 7239Elliptical33 million ly
apartIC 1410Elliptical41 million ly
apartNGC 7182Lenticular42 million ly
apartIC 1403Galaxy45 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 1436Elliptical26 million ly
apartNGC 7239Elliptical33 million ly
apartIC 1410Elliptical41 million ly
apartNGC 7182Lenticular42 million ly
apartIC 1403Galaxy45 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).