NGC 7152
NGC 7152
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBb
305 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
113k ly
across
14.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 305 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 7152 as it looked roughly 305 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 7153Barred spiral22 million ly
apartNGC 7214Barred spiral26 million ly
apartIC 5149Spiral52 million ly
apartIC 5139Elliptical56 million ly
apartIC 5086Elliptical57 million ly
apartIC 5226Barred spiral59 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 7214Barred spiral26 million ly
apartIC 5149Spiral52 million ly
apartIC 5139Elliptical56 million ly
apartIC 5086Elliptical57 million ly
apartIC 5226Barred spiral59 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).