NGC 428
NGC 428
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · SABm
54 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
44k ly
across
11.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 54 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 428 as it looked roughly 54 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 337ASpiral8.9 million ly
apartNGC 63Elliptical16 million ly
apartNGC 779Spiral18 million ly
apartNGC 936Lenticular18 million ly
apartNGC 676Lenticular19 million ly
apartNGC 1055Barred spiral21 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 63Elliptical16 million ly
apartNGC 779Spiral18 million ly
apartNGC 936Lenticular18 million ly
apartNGC 676Lenticular19 million ly
apartNGC 1055Barred 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).