NGC 7170
NGC 7170
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E-S0
386 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
126k ly
across
14.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 386 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 7170 as it looked roughly 386 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 7211Lenticular20 million ly
apartIC 1410Elliptical21 million ly
apartNGC 7182Lenticular23 million ly
apartIC 1403Galaxy26 million ly
apartNGC 7239Elliptical28 million ly
apartNGC 7181Lenticular29 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 1410Elliptical21 million ly
apartNGC 7182Lenticular23 million ly
apartIC 1403Galaxy26 million ly
apartNGC 7239Elliptical28 million ly
apartNGC 7181Lenticular29 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).