NGC 463
NGC 463
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
293 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
89k ly
across
15.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 293 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 463 as it looked roughly 293 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 476Lenticular5.6 million ly
apartIC 107Elliptical11 million ly
apartIC 1704Spiral14 million ly
apartIC 1706Barred spiral16 million ly
apartIC 1698Lenticular17 million ly
apartNGC 569Barred spiral33 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 107Elliptical11 million ly
apartIC 1704Spiral14 million ly
apartIC 1706Barred spiral16 million ly
apartIC 1698Lenticular17 million ly
apartNGC 569Barred spiral33 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).