NGC 7164
NGC 7164
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
904 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
189k ly
across
15.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 904 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 7164 as it looked roughly 904 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
IC 1432Lenticular92 million ly
apartIC 1385Spiral210 million ly
apartIC 1362Elliptical240 million ly
apartIC 1370Galaxy240 million ly
apartIC 1431Spiral260 million ly
apartIC 1430Galaxy260 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 1385Spiral210 million ly
apartIC 1362Elliptical240 million ly
apartIC 1370Galaxy240 million ly
apartIC 1431Spiral260 million ly
apartIC 1430Galaxy260 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).