NGC 7480
NGC 7480
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
223 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
85k ly
across
14.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 223 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 7480 as it looked roughly 223 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 7483Spiral8.6 million ly
apartNGC 7472Elliptical9.6 million ly
apartNGC 7422Barred spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 7458Elliptical11 million ly
apartIC 1455Barred spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 7398Barred spiral13 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 7472Elliptical9.6 million ly
apartNGC 7422Barred spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 7458Elliptical11 million ly
apartIC 1455Barred spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 7398Barred spiral13 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).