NGC 7184
NGC 7184
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBc
122 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
212k ly
across
11.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 122 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 7184 as it looked roughly 122 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 7183Lenticular4.1 million ly
apartIC 1438Spiral7.0 million ly
apartNGC 7167Barred spiral8.4 million ly
apartNGC 7254Barred spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 7247Barred spiral12 million ly
apartIC 1445Elliptical14 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 1438Spiral7.0 million ly
apartNGC 7167Barred spiral8.4 million ly
apartNGC 7254Barred spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 7247Barred spiral12 million ly
apartIC 1445Elliptical14 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).