NGC 410
NGC 410
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
246 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
170k ly
across
11.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 246 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 410 as it looked roughly 246 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 399Spiral4.0 million ly
apartNGC 382Elliptical4.9 million ly
apartIC 1652Lenticular7.8 million ly
apartNGC 472Barred spiral8.8 million ly
apartNGC 388Elliptical9.0 million ly
apartNGC 383Elliptical9.6 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 382Elliptical4.9 million ly
apartIC 1652Lenticular7.8 million ly
apartNGC 472Barred spiral8.8 million ly
apartNGC 388Elliptical9.0 million ly
apartNGC 383Elliptical9.6 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).