NGC 451
NGC 451
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
230 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
46k ly
across
14.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 230 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 451 as it looked roughly 230 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 1666Spiral4.4 million ly
apartNGC 449Barred spiral5.4 million ly
apartNGC 420Lenticular6.1 million ly
apartIC 1687Lenticular6.2 million ly
apartNGC 507Elliptical6.3 million ly
apartNGC 501Elliptical6.5 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 449Barred spiral5.4 million ly
apartNGC 420Lenticular6.1 million ly
apartIC 1687Lenticular6.2 million ly
apartNGC 507Elliptical6.3 million ly
apartNGC 501Elliptical6.5 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).