NGC 7120
NGC 7120
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sb
320 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
78k ly
across
14.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 320 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 7120 as it looked roughly 320 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 7108Elliptical4.0 million ly
apartIC 5126Galaxy10 million ly
apartIC 1397Lenticular30 million ly
apartNGC 7065ASpiral36 million ly
apartNGC 7065Barred spiral39 million ly
apartNGC 7105Lenticular58 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 5126Galaxy10 million ly
apartIC 1397Lenticular30 million ly
apartNGC 7065ASpiral36 million ly
apartNGC 7065Barred spiral39 million ly
apartNGC 7105Lenticular58 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).