NGC 7194
NGC 7194
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
380 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
145k ly
across
14.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 380 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 7194 as it looked roughly 380 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 7195Lenticular12 million ly
apartIC 5177Barred spiral14 million ly
apartIC 5161Spiral21 million ly
apartIC 1427Elliptical23 million ly
apartNGC 7237Elliptical24 million ly
apartNGC 7236Elliptical24 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 5177Barred spiral14 million ly
apartIC 5161Spiral21 million ly
apartIC 1427Elliptical23 million ly
apartNGC 7237Elliptical24 million ly
apartNGC 7236Elliptical24 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).