NGC 7406
NGC 7406
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sb
76 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
20k ly
across
14.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 76 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 7406 as it looked roughly 76 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 7218Spiral20 million ly
apartNGC 7727Spiral20 million ly
apartNGC 7709Lenticular22 million ly
apartNGC 7723Barred spiral22 million ly
apartNGC 7724Barred spiral23 million ly
apartNGC 7180Elliptical24 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 7727Spiral20 million ly
apartNGC 7709Lenticular22 million ly
apartNGC 7723Barred spiral22 million ly
apartNGC 7724Barred spiral23 million ly
apartNGC 7180Elliptical24 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).