NGC 7051
NGC 7051
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sa
121 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
44k ly
across
13.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 121 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 7051 as it looked roughly 121 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 7171Barred spiral25 million ly
apartNGC 7183Lenticular31 million ly
apartNGC 7184Barred spiral33 million ly
apartIC 1445Elliptical38 million ly
apartNGC 7167Barred spiral39 million ly
apartNGC 7302Elliptical39 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 7183Lenticular31 million ly
apartNGC 7184Barred spiral33 million ly
apartIC 1445Elliptical38 million ly
apartNGC 7167Barred spiral39 million ly
apartNGC 7302Elliptical39 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).