NGC 1407
NGC 1407
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
83 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
139k ly
across
9.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 83 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1407 as it looked roughly 83 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 1452Lenticular3.1 million ly
apartIC 343Lenticular3.4 million ly
apartNGC 1377Lenticular3.6 million ly
apartIC 1962Barred spiral4.4 million ly
apartNGC 1354Lenticular5.7 million ly
apartIC 1953Spiral5.9 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 343Lenticular3.4 million ly
apartNGC 1377Lenticular3.6 million ly
apartIC 1962Barred spiral4.4 million ly
apartNGC 1354Lenticular5.7 million ly
apartIC 1953Spiral5.9 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).