NGC 7097
NGC 7097
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
117 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
64k ly
across
11.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 117 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 7097 as it looked roughly 117 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 7097AElliptical4.8 million ly
apartNGC 7070Spiral6.6 million ly
apartNGC 7070ALenticular7.0 million ly
apartNGC 7166Elliptical8.5 million ly
apartNGC 7162Spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 7079Lenticular12 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 7070Spiral6.6 million ly
apartNGC 7070ALenticular7.0 million ly
apartNGC 7166Elliptical8.5 million ly
apartNGC 7162Spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 7079Lenticular12 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).