NGC 7470
NGC 7470
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sbc
173 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
78k ly
across
13.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 173 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 7470 as it looked roughly 173 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 7650Barred spiral28 million ly
apartNGC 7796Elliptical32 million ly
apartNGC 7702Lenticular32 million ly
apartNGC 7676Elliptical33 million ly
apartNGC 7657Spiral33 million ly
apartIC 5328Elliptical35 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 7796Elliptical32 million ly
apartNGC 7702Lenticular32 million ly
apartNGC 7676Elliptical33 million ly
apartNGC 7657Spiral33 million ly
apartIC 5328Elliptical35 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).