NGC 7449
NGC 7449
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
239 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
71k ly
across
15.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 239 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 7449 as it looked roughly 239 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 7445Lenticular1,000,000 ly
apartNGC 7446Elliptical15 million ly
apartNGC 7426Elliptical15 million ly
apartNGC 7379Barred spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 7330Elliptical20 million ly
apartNGC 7618Elliptical23 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 7446Elliptical15 million ly
apartNGC 7426Elliptical15 million ly
apartNGC 7379Barred spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 7330Elliptical20 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).