NGC 406
NGC 406
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBc
70 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
50k ly
across
12.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 70 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 406 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 802Lenticular6.3 million ly
apartNGC 1473Irregular17 million ly
apartIC 1532Barred spiral18 million ly
apartNGC 1511BBarred spiral19 million ly
apartNGC 1511Spiral19 million ly
apartNGC 1511ABarred spiral20 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1473Irregular17 million ly
apartIC 1532Barred spiral18 million ly
apartNGC 1511BBarred spiral19 million ly
apartNGC 1511Spiral19 million ly
apartNGC 1511ABarred spiral20 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).