NGC 430
NGC 430
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
252 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
86k ly
across
12.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 252 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 430 as it looked roughly 252 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 1639Elliptical2.5 million ly
apartIC 1643Barred spiral2.8 million ly
apartNGC 426Elliptical6.7 million ly
apartIC 1640Barred spiral7.0 million ly
apartNGC 391Elliptical8.4 million ly
apartNGC 442Lenticular8.7 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 1643Barred spiral2.8 million ly
apartNGC 426Elliptical6.7 million ly
apartIC 1640Barred spiral7.0 million ly
apartNGC 391Elliptical8.4 million ly
apartNGC 442Lenticular8.7 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).