NGC 407
NGC 407
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
260 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
151k ly
across
14.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 260 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 407 as it looked roughly 260 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 1636Lenticular3.8 million ly
apartIC 1648Lenticular4.0 million ly
apartNGC 379Lenticular4.2 million ly
apartNGC 386Elliptical4.7 million ly
apartNGC 447Lenticular4.8 million ly
apartNGC 373Elliptical6.3 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 1648Lenticular4.0 million ly
apartNGC 379Lenticular4.2 million ly
apartNGC 386Elliptical4.7 million ly
apartNGC 447Lenticular4.8 million ly
apartNGC 373Elliptical6.3 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).