NGC 7169
NGC 7169
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E-S0
469 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
147k ly
across
14.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 469 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 7169 as it looked roughly 469 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 7119ABarred spiral25 million ly
apartNGC 7119BSpiral29 million ly
apartNGC 7061Elliptical66 million ly
apartIC 5175Spiral88 million ly
apartIC 5174Barred spiral95 million ly
apartNGC 7012Elliptical98 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 7119BSpiral29 million ly
apartNGC 7061Elliptical66 million ly
apartIC 5175Spiral88 million ly
apartIC 5174Barred spiral95 million ly
apartNGC 7012Elliptical98 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).