NGC 420
NGC 420
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
233 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
93k ly
across
13.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 233 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 420 as it looked roughly 233 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 398Lenticular3.3 million ly
apartNGC 385Elliptical4.2 million ly
apartNGC 403Lenticular5.2 million ly
apartNGC 374Lenticular5.4 million ly
apartNGC 397Lenticular5.5 million ly
apartNGC 452Barred spiral5.7 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 385Elliptical4.2 million ly
apartNGC 403Lenticular5.2 million ly
apartNGC 374Lenticular5.4 million ly
apartNGC 397Lenticular5.5 million ly
apartNGC 452Barred spiral5.7 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).