NGC 1434
NGC 1434
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
470 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
108k ly
across
15.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 470 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1434 as it looked roughly 470 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 1447Lenticular7.6 million ly
apartIC 352Lenticular13 million ly
apartNGC 1445Lenticular15 million ly
apartNGC 1477Elliptical18 million ly
apartNGC 1478Lenticular19 million ly
apartNGC 1472Lenticular20 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 352Lenticular13 million ly
apartNGC 1445Lenticular15 million ly
apartNGC 1477Elliptical18 million ly
apartNGC 1478Lenticular19 million ly
apartNGC 1472Lenticular20 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).