NGC 440
NGC 440
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sbc
234 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
72k ly
across
13.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 234 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 440 as it looked roughly 234 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 484Elliptical7.6 million ly
apartNGC 434Spiral9.5 million ly
apartIC 1597Barred spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 466Lenticular11 million ly
apartNGC 434ALenticular13 million ly
apartIC 1649Barred spiral18 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 434Spiral9.5 million ly
apartIC 1597Barred spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 466Lenticular11 million ly
apartNGC 434ALenticular13 million ly
apartIC 1649Barred spiral18 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).