NGC 426
NGC 426
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
245 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
86k ly
across
12.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 245 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 426 as it looked roughly 245 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 1639Elliptical6.1 million ly
apartNGC 430Elliptical6.7 million ly
apartNGC 391Elliptical8.8 million ly
apartIC 1643Barred spiral9.3 million ly
apartNGC 359Elliptical11 million ly
apartNGC 364Lenticular11 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 430Elliptical6.7 million ly
apartNGC 391Elliptical8.8 million ly
apartIC 1643Barred spiral9.3 million ly
apartNGC 359Elliptical11 million ly
apartNGC 364Lenticular11 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).