NGC 7414
NGC 7414
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
459 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
83k ly
across
16.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 459 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 7414 as it looked roughly 459 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 7413Elliptical4.5 million ly
apartIC 1461Spiral32 million ly
apartNGC 7427Galaxy38 million ly
apartIC 5276Lenticular45 million ly
apartIC 5274Lenticular47 million ly
apartNGC 7500Lenticular51 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 1461Spiral32 million ly
apartNGC 7427Galaxy38 million ly
apartIC 5276Lenticular45 million ly
apartIC 5274Lenticular47 million ly
apartNGC 7500Lenticular51 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).