NGC 472
NGC 472
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sb
246 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
65k ly
across
14.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 246 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 472 as it looked roughly 246 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 1679Lenticular3.8 million ly
apartIC 1652Lenticular7.8 million ly
apartIC 1677Spiral8.5 million ly
apartNGC 410Elliptical8.8 million ly
apartIC 1673Elliptical9.2 million ly
apartNGC 566Lenticular10 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 1652Lenticular7.8 million ly
apartIC 1677Spiral8.5 million ly
apartNGC 410Elliptical8.8 million ly
apartIC 1673Elliptical9.2 million ly
apartNGC 566Lenticular10 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).