NGC 434
NGC 434
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sab
225 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
147k ly
across
12.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 225 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 434 as it looked roughly 225 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 434ALenticular3.6 million ly
apartNGC 440Barred spiral9.5 million ly
apartIC 1597Barred spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 484Elliptical17 million ly
apartNGC 466Lenticular20 million ly
apartIC 1649Barred spiral26 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 440Barred spiral9.5 million ly
apartIC 1597Barred spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 484Elliptical17 million ly
apartNGC 466Lenticular20 million ly
apartIC 1649Barred spiral26 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).