NGC 7118
NGC 7118
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E-S0
239 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
118k ly
across
12.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 239 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 7118 as it looked roughly 239 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 7124Barred spiral10 million ly
apartIC 5125Barred spiral21 million ly
apartNGC 7117Elliptical22 million ly
apartNGC 7038Spiral23 million ly
apartNGC 7072ASpiral24 million ly
apartNGC 7072Spiral25 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 5125Barred spiral21 million ly
apartNGC 7117Elliptical22 million ly
apartNGC 7038Spiral23 million ly
apartNGC 7072ASpiral24 million ly
apartNGC 7072Spiral25 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).