NGC 414 NED01
NGC 414 NED01
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
221 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
48k ly
across
14.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 221 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 414 NED01 as it looked roughly 221 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 1638Elliptical1.7 million ly
apartNGC 392Elliptical2.9 million ly
apartIC 1619Lenticular3.7 million ly
apartNGC 443Lenticular3.7 million ly
apartNGC 449Barred spiral4.9 million ly
apartIC 1618Lenticular5.2 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 392Elliptical2.9 million ly
apartIC 1619Lenticular3.7 million ly
apartNGC 443Lenticular3.7 million ly
apartNGC 449Barred spiral4.9 million ly
apartIC 1618Lenticular5.2 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).