NGC 7215
NGC 7215
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
187 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
49k ly
across
15.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 187 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 7215 as it looked roughly 187 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 7156Spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 7198Lenticular33 million ly
apartNGC 7311Spiral37 million ly
apartIC 1401Spiral39 million ly
apartNGC 7393Barred spiral41 million ly
apartNGC 7309Spiral41 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 7198Lenticular33 million ly
apartNGC 7311Spiral37 million ly
apartIC 1401Spiral39 million ly
apartNGC 7393Barred spiral41 million ly
apartNGC 7309Spiral41 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).