NGC 484
NGC 484
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E-S0
241 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
126k ly
across
12.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 241 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 484 as it looked roughly 241 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 466Lenticular4.6 million ly
apartNGC 440Barred spiral7.6 million ly
apartIC 1649Barred spiral14 million ly
apartIC 1597Barred spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 434Spiral17 million ly
apartNGC 434ALenticular20 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 440Barred spiral7.6 million ly
apartIC 1649Barred spiral14 million ly
apartIC 1597Barred spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 434Spiral17 million ly
apartNGC 434ALenticular20 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).