NGC 7145
NGC 7145
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
88 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
76k ly
across
11.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 88 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 7145 as it looked roughly 88 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 7155Lenticular2.7 million ly
apartNGC 7144Elliptical3.0 million ly
apartNGC 7151Spiral4.3 million ly
apartNGC 7233Lenticular6.7 million ly
apartNGC 7232Lenticular6.7 million ly
apartNGC 7213Spiral7.3 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 7144Elliptical3.0 million ly
apartNGC 7151Spiral4.3 million ly
apartNGC 7233Lenticular6.7 million ly
apartNGC 7232Lenticular6.7 million ly
apartNGC 7213Spiral7.3 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).