NGC 7456
NGC 7456
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
56 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
84k ly
across
11.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 56 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 7456 as it looked roughly 56 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 5273Barred spiral5.1 million ly
apartNGC 7462Barred spiral6.9 million ly
apartNGC 7361Spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 7418Spiral12 million ly
apartIC 5325Barred spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 7632Lenticular16 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 7462Barred spiral6.9 million ly
apartNGC 7361Spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 7418Spiral12 million ly
apartIC 5325Barred spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 7632Lenticular16 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).