NGC 466
NGC 466
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
245 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
115k ly
across
13.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 245 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 466 as it looked roughly 245 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 484Elliptical4.6 million ly
apartNGC 440Barred spiral11 million ly
apartIC 1649Barred spiral14 million ly
apartIC 1597Barred spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 434Spiral20 million ly
apartNGC 434ALenticular24 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 440Barred spiral11 million ly
apartIC 1649Barred spiral14 million ly
apartIC 1597Barred spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 434Spiral20 million ly
apartNGC 434ALenticular24 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).