NGC 7002
NGC 7002
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
343 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
209k ly
across
12.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 343 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 7002 as it looked roughly 343 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 7004Lenticular11 million ly
apartNGC 6919Spiral52 million ly
apartIC 5033Spiral54 million ly
apartIC 5037Spiral59 million ly
apartIC 5017Lenticular60 million ly
apartIC 4983Barred spiral60 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 6919Spiral52 million ly
apartIC 5033Spiral54 million ly
apartIC 5037Spiral59 million ly
apartIC 5017Lenticular60 million ly
apartIC 4983Barred spiral60 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).