NGC 409
NGC 409
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
307 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
121k ly
across
14.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 307 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 409 as it looked roughly 307 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 415Barred spiral2.9 million ly
apartNGC 546Barred spiral21 million ly
apartNGC 549Barred spiral29 million ly
apartNGC 482Spiral30 million ly
apartIC 1609Lenticular32 million ly
apartNGC 544Elliptical33 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 546Barred spiral21 million ly
apartNGC 549Barred spiral29 million ly
apartNGC 482Spiral30 million ly
apartIC 1609Lenticular32 million ly
apartNGC 544Elliptical33 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).