NGC 450
NGC 450
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · SABc
82 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
70k ly
across
12.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 82 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 450 as it looked roughly 82 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 448Lenticular7.3 million ly
apartNGC 584Elliptical11 million ly
apartIC 127Barred spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 298Spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 337Barred spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 596Elliptical12 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 584Elliptical11 million ly
apartIC 127Barred spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 298Spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 337Barred spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 596Elliptical12 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).