NGC 446
NGC 446
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
254 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
152k ly
across
13.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 254 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 446 as it looked roughly 254 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 467Lenticular6.0 million ly
apartNGC 455Lenticular8.8 million ly
apartNGC 479Barred spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 437Lenticular10 million ly
apartNGC 533Elliptical16 million ly
apartNGC 391Elliptical18 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 455Lenticular8.8 million ly
apartNGC 479Barred spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 437Lenticular10 million ly
apartNGC 533Elliptical16 million ly
apartNGC 391Elliptical18 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).