NGC 437
NGC 437
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
246 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
124k ly
across
13.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 246 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 437 as it looked roughly 246 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 455Lenticular3.7 million ly
apartNGC 446Lenticular10 million ly
apartNGC 479Barred spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 467Lenticular16 million ly
apartIC 74Elliptical17 million ly
apartNGC 332Elliptical18 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 446Lenticular10 million ly
apartNGC 479Barred spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 467Lenticular16 million ly
apartIC 74Elliptical17 million ly
apartNGC 332Elliptical18 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).