NGC 7012
NGC 7012
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
409 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
196k ly
across
13.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 409 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 7012 as it looked roughly 409 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 7061Elliptical42 million ly
apartNGC 7004Lenticular63 million ly
apartNGC 7119BSpiral70 million ly
apartNGC 7002Elliptical72 million ly
apartNGC 7119ABarred spiral80 million ly
apartIC 4975Lenticular94 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 7004Lenticular63 million ly
apartNGC 7119BSpiral70 million ly
apartNGC 7002Elliptical72 million ly
apartNGC 7119ABarred spiral80 million ly
apartIC 4975Lenticular94 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).