NGC 434A
NGC 434A
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
221 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
77k ly
across
15.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 221 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 434A as it looked roughly 221 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 434Spiral3.6 million ly
apartNGC 440Barred spiral13 million ly
apartIC 1597Barred spiral17 million ly
apartNGC 484Elliptical20 million ly
apartNGC 466Lenticular24 million ly
apartIC 1649Barred spiral29 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 440Barred spiral13 million ly
apartIC 1597Barred spiral17 million ly
apartNGC 484Elliptical20 million ly
apartNGC 466Lenticular24 million ly
apartIC 1649Barred spiral29 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).