NGC 462
NGC 462
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Galaxy
morphology
650 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
91k ly
across
15.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 650 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 462 as it looked roughly 650 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 486Galaxy19 million ly
apartIC 1678Galaxy20 million ly
apartNGC 492Spiral22 million ly
apartIC 83Galaxy45 million ly
apartIC 87Barred spiral68 million ly
apartIC 102Lenticular71 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 1678Galaxy20 million ly
apartNGC 492Spiral22 million ly
apartIC 83Galaxy45 million ly
apartIC 87Barred spiral68 million ly
apartIC 102Lenticular71 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).