NGC 7415
NGC 7415
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sab
561 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
134k ly
across
15.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 561 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 7415 as it looked roughly 561 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 7475 NED01Elliptical36 million ly
apartNGC 7475 NED02Galaxy50 million ly
apartNGC 7467Lenticular52 million ly
apartIC 5300Lenticular53 million ly
apartNGC 7578ALenticular55 million ly
apartNGC 7578BElliptical56 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 7475 NED02Galaxy50 million ly
apartNGC 7467Lenticular52 million ly
apartIC 5300Lenticular53 million ly
apartNGC 7578ALenticular55 million ly
apartNGC 7578BElliptical56 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).