NGC 429
NGC 429
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
262 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
115k ly
across
14.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 262 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 429 as it looked roughly 262 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
IC 1640Barred spiral4.2 million ly
apartNGC 442Lenticular4.5 million ly
apartIC 1643Barred spiral8.0 million ly
apartNGC 430Elliptical10 million ly
apartIC 1639Elliptical12 million ly
apartNGC 413Barred spiral14 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 442Lenticular4.5 million ly
apartIC 1643Barred spiral8.0 million ly
apartNGC 430Elliptical10 million ly
apartIC 1639Elliptical12 million ly
apartNGC 413Barred spiral14 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).