NGC 7443
NGC 7443
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
153 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
77k ly
across
12.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 153 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 7443 as it looked roughly 153 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 7450Lenticular3.2 million ly
apartNGC 7444Lenticular11 million ly
apartIC 5278Spiral15 million ly
apartIC 5261Barred spiral20 million ly
apartNGC 7600Elliptical21 million ly
apartNGC 7392Barred spiral22 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 7444Lenticular11 million ly
apartIC 5278Spiral15 million ly
apartIC 5261Barred spiral20 million ly
apartNGC 7600Elliptical21 million ly
apartNGC 7392Barred spiral22 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).