NGC 444
NGC 444
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
226 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
103k ly
across
14.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 226 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 444 as it looked roughly 226 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 1654Spiral3.6 million ly
apartIC 1666Spiral6.7 million ly
apartNGC 452Barred spiral6.8 million ly
apartNGC 449Barred spiral8.1 million ly
apartNGC 420Lenticular8.6 million ly
apartNGC 451Spiral8.7 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 1666Spiral6.7 million ly
apartNGC 452Barred spiral6.8 million ly
apartNGC 449Barred spiral8.1 million ly
apartNGC 420Lenticular8.6 million ly
apartNGC 451Spiral8.7 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).