NGC 7115
NGC 7115
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sb
163 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
91k ly
across
14.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 163 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 7115 as it looked roughly 163 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 7306Barred spiral32 million ly
apartNGC 7258Barred spiral33 million ly
apartNGC 7267Barred spiral34 million ly
apartNGC 7163Spiral36 million ly
apartNGC 7203Lenticular37 million ly
apartIC 5179Barred spiral38 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 7258Barred spiral33 million ly
apartNGC 7267Barred spiral34 million ly
apartNGC 7163Spiral36 million ly
apartNGC 7203Lenticular37 million ly
apartIC 5179Barred spiral38 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).