NGC 7110
NGC 7110
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sb
248 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
101k ly
across
14.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 248 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 7110 as it looked roughly 248 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 7109Elliptical2.6 million ly
apartIC 5139Elliptical16 million ly
apartNGC 7075Elliptical22 million ly
apartNGC 7130Spiral25 million ly
apartNGC 7087Barred spiral30 million ly
apartIC 5105Elliptical32 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 5139Elliptical16 million ly
apartNGC 7075Elliptical22 million ly
apartNGC 7130Spiral25 million ly
apartNGC 7087Barred spiral30 million ly
apartIC 5105Elliptical32 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).