NGC 7420
NGC 7420
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sb
441 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
109k ly
across
14.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 441 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 7420 as it looked roughly 441 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 7439Lenticular6.3 million ly
apartNGC 7487Elliptical23 million ly
apartNGC 7336Spiral51 million ly
apartNGC 7620Spiral61 million ly
apartNGC 7568Barred spiral71 million ly
apartIC 5298Barred spiral74 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 7487Elliptical23 million ly
apartNGC 7336Spiral51 million ly
apartNGC 7620Spiral61 million ly
apartNGC 7568Barred spiral71 million ly
apartIC 5298Barred spiral74 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).