NGC 7455
NGC 7455
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Galaxy
morphology
358 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
73k ly
across
15.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 358 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 7455 as it looked roughly 358 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
IC 1460Elliptical25 million ly
apartNGC 7362Elliptical28 million ly
apartNGC 7390Galaxy31 million ly
apartNGC 7586Galaxy32 million ly
apartNGC 7385Elliptical33 million ly
apartIC 5306Spiral33 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 7362Elliptical28 million ly
apartNGC 7390Galaxy31 million ly
apartNGC 7586Galaxy32 million ly
apartNGC 7385Elliptical33 million ly
apartIC 5306Spiral33 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).