NGC 439
NGC 439
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E-S0
268 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
263k ly
across
12.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 268 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 439 as it looked roughly 268 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 441Lenticular4.0 million ly
apartNGC 418Spiral7.8 million ly
apartNGC 461Spiral10 million ly
apartIC 1637Barred spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 314Lenticular17 million ly
apartNGC 526ALenticular19 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 418Spiral7.8 million ly
apartNGC 461Spiral10 million ly
apartIC 1637Barred spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 314Lenticular17 million ly
apartNGC 526ALenticular19 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).