NGC 7199
NGC 7199
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBa
134 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
47k ly
across
13.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 134 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 7199 as it looked roughly 134 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 7192Elliptical1.4 million ly
apartNGC 7179Barred spiral3.5 million ly
apartIC 5182Spiral3.8 million ly
apartNGC 7219Spiral5.0 million ly
apartNGC 7191Spiral5.6 million ly
apartIC 5154Spiral12 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 7179Barred spiral3.5 million ly
apartIC 5182Spiral3.8 million ly
apartNGC 7219Spiral5.0 million ly
apartNGC 7191Spiral5.6 million ly
apartIC 5154Spiral12 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).