NGC 435
NGC 435
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · SABc
478 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
153k ly
across
14.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 478 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 435 as it looked roughly 478 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 105Lenticular32 million ly
apartIC 109Lenticular33 million ly
apartIC 103Elliptical38 million ly
apartNGC 445Lenticular56 million ly
apartIC 123Elliptical62 million ly
apartIC 121Barred spiral65 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 109Lenticular33 million ly
apartIC 103Elliptical38 million ly
apartNGC 445Lenticular56 million ly
apartIC 123Elliptical62 million ly
apartIC 121Barred spiral65 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).