NGC 7187
NGC 7187
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
124 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
42k ly
across
12.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 124 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 7187 as it looked roughly 124 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 7173Elliptical2.6 million ly
apartIC 5156Barred spiral3.7 million ly
apartNGC 7172Spiral4.4 million ly
apartNGC 7204BLenticular5.3 million ly
apartNGC 7204ABarred spiral5.3 million ly
apartNGC 7154Irregular5.8 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 5156Barred spiral3.7 million ly
apartNGC 7172Spiral4.4 million ly
apartNGC 7204BLenticular5.3 million ly
apartNGC 7204ABarred spiral5.3 million ly
apartNGC 7154Irregular5.8 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).