NGC 7448
NGC 7448
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
102 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
61k ly
across
11.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 102 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 7448 as it looked roughly 102 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 7465Lenticular1.1 million ly
apartNGC 7437Spiral4.4 million ly
apartNGC 7468Elliptical4.8 million ly
apartNGC 7464Elliptical7.9 million ly
apartNGC 7454Elliptical9.0 million ly
apartNGC 7479Barred spiral11 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 7437Spiral4.4 million ly
apartNGC 7468Elliptical4.8 million ly
apartNGC 7464Elliptical7.9 million ly
apartNGC 7454Elliptical9.0 million ly
apartNGC 7479Barred spiral11 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).