NGC 7087
NGC 7087
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBab
243 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
61k ly
across
13.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 243 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 7087 as it looked roughly 243 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 7057Elliptical11 million ly
apartIC 5105Elliptical12 million ly
apartNGC 7072ASpiral12 million ly
apartNGC 7072Spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 7075Elliptical15 million ly
apartNGC 7060Spiral20 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 5105Elliptical12 million ly
apartNGC 7072ASpiral12 million ly
apartNGC 7072Spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 7075Elliptical15 million ly
apartNGC 7060Spiral20 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).