NGC 431
NGC 431
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
268 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
90k ly
across
14.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 268 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 431 as it looked roughly 268 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 1636Lenticular5.2 million ly
apartIC 1668Spiral5.4 million ly
apartIC 1669Galaxy6.5 million ly
apartNGC 447Lenticular8.1 million ly
apartNGC 407Lenticular8.9 million ly
apartNGC 375Elliptical11 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 1668Spiral5.4 million ly
apartIC 1669Galaxy6.5 million ly
apartNGC 447Lenticular8.1 million ly
apartNGC 407Lenticular8.9 million ly
apartNGC 375Elliptical11 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).