NGC 7208
NGC 7208
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
124 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
33k ly
across
13.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 124 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 7208 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 7204ABarred spiral5.1 million ly
apartNGC 7204BLenticular5.1 million ly
apartNGC 7173Elliptical7.4 million ly
apartNGC 7172Spiral7.5 million ly
apartNGC 7187Lenticular8.6 million ly
apartNGC 7176Elliptical8.9 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 7204BLenticular5.1 million ly
apartNGC 7173Elliptical7.4 million ly
apartNGC 7172Spiral7.5 million ly
apartNGC 7187Lenticular8.6 million ly
apartNGC 7176Elliptical8.9 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).