NGC 7059
NGC 7059
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · SABc
81 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
87k ly
across
12.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 81 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 7059 as it looked roughly 81 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 7205Barred spiral8.6 million ly
apartIC 5028Irregular12 million ly
apartIC 5176Barred spiral12 million ly
apartIC 5162Spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 7151Spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 6990Spiral16 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 5028Irregular12 million ly
apartIC 5176Barred spiral12 million ly
apartIC 5162Spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 7151Spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 6990Spiral16 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).