NGC 7101
NGC 7101
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
397 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
95k ly
across
14.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 397 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 7101 as it looked roughly 397 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 7132Spiral19 million ly
apartNGC 7085Barred spiral21 million ly
apartNGC 7138Barred spiral30 million ly
apartIC 1414Elliptical32 million ly
apartIC 1394Elliptical43 million ly
apartIC 1407Elliptical45 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 7085Barred spiral21 million ly
apartNGC 7138Barred spiral30 million ly
apartIC 1414Elliptical32 million ly
apartIC 1394Elliptical43 million ly
apartIC 1407Elliptical45 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).