NGC 7463
NGC 7463
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · SABb
121 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
56k ly
across
13.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 121 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 7463 as it looked roughly 121 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 7479Barred spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 7465Lenticular18 million ly
apartNGC 7448Spiral19 million ly
apartNGC 7328Spiral20 million ly
apartNGC 7347Barred spiral22 million ly
apartNGC 7437Spiral23 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 7465Lenticular18 million ly
apartNGC 7448Spiral19 million ly
apartNGC 7328Spiral20 million ly
apartNGC 7347Barred spiral22 million ly
apartNGC 7437Spiral23 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).