NGC 7108
NGC 7108
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
321 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
109k ly
across
14.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 321 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 7108 as it looked roughly 321 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 7120Barred spiral4.0 million ly
apartIC 5126Galaxy7.7 million ly
apartIC 1397Lenticular30 million ly
apartNGC 7065ASpiral32 million ly
apartNGC 7065Barred spiral35 million ly
apartNGC 7105Lenticular59 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 5126Galaxy7.7 million ly
apartIC 1397Lenticular30 million ly
apartNGC 7065ASpiral32 million ly
apartNGC 7065Barred spiral35 million ly
apartNGC 7105Lenticular59 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).