NGC 1472
NGC 1472
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
461 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
91k ly
across
16.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 461 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1472 as it looked roughly 461 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 1478Lenticular4.2 million ly
apartNGC 1475Galaxy7.4 million ly
apartNGC 1477Elliptical7.5 million ly
apartNGC 1447Lenticular17 million ly
apartNGC 1468Elliptical18 million ly
apartNGC 1505Lenticular19 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1475Galaxy7.4 million ly
apartNGC 1477Elliptical7.5 million ly
apartNGC 1447Lenticular17 million ly
apartNGC 1468Elliptical18 million ly
apartNGC 1505Lenticular19 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).