NGC 7166
NGC 7166
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E-S0
113 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
27k ly
across
12.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 113 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 7166 as it looked roughly 113 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 7162Spiral5.5 million ly
apartNGC 7232ABarred spiral6.8 million ly
apartNGC 7162ASpiral7.1 million ly
apartNGC 7097Elliptical8.5 million ly
apartNGC 7070ALenticular11 million ly
apartNGC 7070Spiral11 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 7232ABarred spiral6.8 million ly
apartNGC 7162ASpiral7.1 million ly
apartNGC 7097Elliptical8.5 million ly
apartNGC 7070ALenticular11 million ly
apartNGC 7070Spiral11 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).