NGC 1462
NGC 1462
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
464 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
116k ly
across
15.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 464 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1462 as it looked roughly 464 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
IC 1967Barred spiral43 million ly
apartNGC 1431Lenticular52 million ly
apartIC 1930Elliptical53 million ly
apartIC 1918Barred spiral59 million ly
apartIC 332Lenticular63 million ly
apartIC 322Galaxy64 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1431Lenticular52 million ly
apartIC 1930Elliptical53 million ly
apartIC 1918Barred spiral59 million ly
apartIC 332Lenticular63 million ly
apartIC 322Galaxy64 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).