NGC 7014
NGC 7014
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
226 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
133k ly
across
12.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 226 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 7014 as it looked roughly 226 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 7038Spiral7.5 million ly
apartNGC 6983Spiral18 million ly
apartNGC 6982Barred spiral20 million ly
apartNGC 6987Elliptical21 million ly
apartNGC 6984Spiral22 million ly
apartNGC 7060Spiral23 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 6983Spiral18 million ly
apartNGC 6982Barred spiral20 million ly
apartNGC 6987Elliptical21 million ly
apartNGC 6984Spiral22 million ly
apartNGC 7060Spiral23 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).