NGC 7004
NGC 7004
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
353 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
129k ly
across
13.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 353 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 7004 as it looked roughly 353 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 7002Elliptical11 million ly
apartIC 5033Spiral59 million ly
apartNGC 6919Spiral59 million ly
apartIC 5017Lenticular60 million ly
apartIC 5037Spiral62 million ly
apartNGC 7012Elliptical63 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 5033Spiral59 million ly
apartNGC 6919Spiral59 million ly
apartIC 5017Lenticular60 million ly
apartIC 5037Spiral62 million ly
apartNGC 7012Elliptical63 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).