NGC 7445
NGC 7445
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
240 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
47k ly
across
15.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 240 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 7445 as it looked roughly 240 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 7449Elliptical1,000,000 ly
apartNGC 7446Elliptical14 million ly
apartNGC 7426Elliptical14 million ly
apartNGC 7379Barred spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 7330Elliptical19 million ly
apartNGC 7618Elliptical23 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 7446Elliptical14 million ly
apartNGC 7426Elliptical14 million ly
apartNGC 7379Barred spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 7330Elliptical19 million ly
apartNGC 7618Elliptical23 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).