NGC 424
NGC 424
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
165 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
80k ly
across
14.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 165 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 424 as it looked roughly 165 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 438Barred spiral4.1 million ly
apartNGC 324Lenticular12 million ly
apartIC 1608Lenticular13 million ly
apartNGC 491ASpiral13 million ly
apartIC 1657Barred spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 491Barred spiral21 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 324Lenticular12 million ly
apartIC 1608Lenticular13 million ly
apartNGC 491ASpiral13 million ly
apartIC 1657Barred spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 491Barred spiral21 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).