NGC 7105
NGC 7105
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
266 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
117k ly
across
14.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 266 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 7105 as it looked roughly 266 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 1404Elliptical13 million ly
apartNGC 7073Barred spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 7131Lenticular18 million ly
apartIC 1408Lenticular24 million ly
apartIC 1417Barred spiral27 million ly
apartIC 1412Lenticular36 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 7073Barred spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 7131Lenticular18 million ly
apartIC 1408Lenticular24 million ly
apartIC 1417Barred spiral27 million ly
apartIC 1412Lenticular36 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).