NGC 461
NGC 461
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
268 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
94k ly
across
14.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 268 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 461 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 527Lenticular8.8 million ly
apartNGC 526ALenticular9.1 million ly
apartNGC 526BLenticular10 million ly
apartNGC 439Elliptical10 million ly
apartNGC 441Lenticular11 million ly
apartNGC 527BBarred spiral13 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 526ALenticular9.1 million ly
apartNGC 526BLenticular10 million ly
apartNGC 439Elliptical10 million ly
apartNGC 441Lenticular11 million ly
apartNGC 527BBarred spiral13 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).