NGC 1440
NGC 1440
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
71 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
54k ly
across
11.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 71 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1440 as it looked roughly 71 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 1345Spiral4.7 million ly
apartNGC 1461Lenticular4.7 million ly
apartNGC 1353Barred spiral5.0 million ly
apartNGC 1414Barred spiral5.4 million ly
apartNGC 1405Lenticular5.7 million ly
apartNGC 1415Lenticular5.8 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1461Lenticular4.7 million ly
apartNGC 1353Barred spiral5.0 million ly
apartNGC 1414Barred spiral5.4 million ly
apartNGC 1405Lenticular5.7 million ly
apartNGC 1415Lenticular5.8 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).