NGC 7188
NGC 7188
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBbc
81 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
41k ly
across
14.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 81 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 7188 as it looked roughly 81 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 7185Elliptical4.8 million ly
apartNGC 7218Spiral6.3 million ly
apartNGC 7180Elliptical12 million ly
apartNGC 7259Barred spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 7314Spiral18 million ly
apartIC 5078Spiral23 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 7218Spiral6.3 million ly
apartNGC 7180Elliptical12 million ly
apartNGC 7259Barred spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 7314Spiral18 million ly
apartIC 5078Spiral23 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).