NGC 7107
NGC 7107
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBm
104 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
58k ly
across
13.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 104 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 7107 as it looked roughly 104 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 7162ASpiral7.1 million ly
apartNGC 7162Spiral7.5 million ly
apartNGC 7070ALenticular8.6 million ly
apartNGC 7070Spiral9.3 million ly
apartNGC 7049Lenticular10 million ly
apartNGC 7232BBarred spiral11 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 7162Spiral7.5 million ly
apartNGC 7070ALenticular8.6 million ly
apartNGC 7070Spiral9.3 million ly
apartNGC 7049Lenticular10 million ly
apartNGC 7232BBarred spiral11 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).