NGC 7080
NGC 7080
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sb
225 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
107k ly
across
12.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 225 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 7080 as it looked roughly 225 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 7052Elliptical11 million ly
apartNGC 7053Lenticular18 million ly
apartIC 5104Spiral24 million ly
apartIC 5119Spiral30 million ly
apartNGC 7028Spiral39 million ly
apartIC 1392Elliptical40 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 7053Lenticular18 million ly
apartIC 5104Spiral24 million ly
apartIC 5119Spiral30 million ly
apartNGC 7028Spiral39 million ly
apartIC 1392Elliptical40 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).