NGC 7070
NGC 7070
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
111 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
81k ly
across
12.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 111 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 7070 as it looked roughly 111 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 7070ALenticular1.1 million ly
apartNGC 7097Elliptical6.6 million ly
apartNGC 7107Barred spiral9.3 million ly
apartNGC 7162Spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 7166Elliptical11 million ly
apartNGC 7097AElliptical11 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 7097Elliptical6.6 million ly
apartNGC 7107Barred spiral9.3 million ly
apartNGC 7162Spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 7166Elliptical11 million ly
apartNGC 7097AElliptical11 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).