NGC 7102
NGC 7102
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sb
237 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
102k ly
across
14.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 237 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 7102 as it looked roughly 237 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
IC 1401Spiral26 million ly
apartNGC 7068Spiral28 million ly
apartNGC 7043Spiral40 million ly
apartNGC 7042Barred spiral40 million ly
apartNGC 7015Barred spiral41 million ly
apartNGC 7198Lenticular41 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 7068Spiral28 million ly
apartNGC 7043Spiral40 million ly
apartNGC 7042Barred spiral40 million ly
apartNGC 7015Barred spiral41 million ly
apartNGC 7198Lenticular41 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).