NGC 7446
NGC 7446
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
254 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
93k ly
across
15.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 254 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 7446 as it looked roughly 254 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 7379Barred spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 7426Elliptical14 million ly
apartNGC 7445Lenticular14 million ly
apartNGC 7449Elliptical15 million ly
apartNGC 7395Lenticular15 million ly
apartIC 5259Spiral15 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 7426Elliptical14 million ly
apartNGC 7445Lenticular14 million ly
apartNGC 7449Elliptical15 million ly
apartNGC 7395Lenticular15 million ly
apartIC 5259Spiral15 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).