NGC 7156
NGC 7156
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · SABc
186 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
76k ly
across
12.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 186 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 7156 as it looked roughly 186 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 7215Lenticular14 million ly
apartNGC 7074Lenticular31 million ly
apartIC 1368Spiral33 million ly
apartIC 1367Galaxy33 million ly
apartNGC 7046Spiral34 million ly
apartIC 1364Elliptical34 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 7074Lenticular31 million ly
apartIC 1368Spiral33 million ly
apartIC 1367Galaxy33 million ly
apartNGC 7046Spiral34 million ly
apartIC 1364Elliptical34 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).