NGC 7072A
NGC 7072A
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · SABc
236 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
55k ly
across
13.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 236 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 7072A as it looked roughly 236 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 7072Spiral4.1 million ly
apartNGC 7057Elliptical5.5 million ly
apartNGC 7087Barred spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 7060Spiral12 million ly
apartIC 5105Elliptical19 million ly
apartNGC 7038Spiral20 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 7057Elliptical5.5 million ly
apartNGC 7087Barred spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 7060Spiral12 million ly
apartIC 5105Elliptical19 million ly
apartNGC 7038Spiral20 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).