NGC 7444
NGC 7444
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
142 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
60k ly
across
12.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 142 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 7444 as it looked roughly 142 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 7450Lenticular7.5 million ly
apartNGC 7443Lenticular11 million ly
apartNGC 7371Lenticular19 million ly
apartNGC 7416Barred spiral20 million ly
apartNGC 7365Elliptical20 million ly
apartIC 5321Barred spiral21 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 7443Lenticular11 million ly
apartNGC 7371Lenticular19 million ly
apartNGC 7416Barred spiral20 million ly
apartNGC 7365Elliptical20 million ly
apartIC 5321Barred spiral21 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).