NGC 413
NGC 413
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBc
271 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
83k ly
across
15.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 271 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 413 as it looked roughly 271 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 442Lenticular14 million ly
apartNGC 429Lenticular14 million ly
apartIC 1693Lenticular15 million ly
apartIC 1696Elliptical16 million ly
apartIC 1640Barred spiral16 million ly
apartIC 1705Elliptical17 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 429Lenticular14 million ly
apartIC 1693Lenticular15 million ly
apartIC 1696Elliptical16 million ly
apartIC 1640Barred spiral16 million ly
apartIC 1705Elliptical17 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).