NGC 1437B
NGC 1437B
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sd
70 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
58k ly
across
13.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 70 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1437B as it looked roughly 70 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 1399Elliptical4.0 million ly
apartNGC 1369Lenticular4.2 million ly
apartNGC 1351Elliptical4.4 million ly
apartNGC 1380ALenticular4.5 million ly
apartNGC 1427Elliptical4.8 million ly
apartNGC 1460Lenticular5.3 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1369Lenticular4.2 million ly
apartNGC 1351Elliptical4.4 million ly
apartNGC 1380ALenticular4.5 million ly
apartNGC 1427Elliptical4.8 million ly
apartNGC 1460Lenticular5.3 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).