NGC 415
NGC 415
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBb
304 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
139k ly
across
14.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 304 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 415 as it looked roughly 304 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 409Elliptical2.9 million ly
apartNGC 546Barred spiral21 million ly
apartNGC 549Barred spiral27 million ly
apartNGC 482Spiral31 million ly
apartNGC 544Elliptical32 million ly
apartIC 1637Barred spiral34 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 546Barred spiral21 million ly
apartNGC 549Barred spiral27 million ly
apartNGC 482Spiral31 million ly
apartNGC 544Elliptical32 million ly
apartIC 1637Barred spiral34 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).