NGC 475
NGC 475
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E-S0
750 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
177k ly
across
16.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 750 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 475 as it looked roughly 750 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 1695Elliptical94 million ly
apartIC 102Lenticular100 million ly
apartIC 1635Elliptical140 million ly
apartNGC 492Spiral150 million ly
apartIC 115Elliptical150 million ly
apartIC 1678Galaxy150 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 102Lenticular100 million ly
apartIC 1635Elliptical140 million ly
apartNGC 492Spiral150 million ly
apartIC 115Elliptical150 million ly
apartIC 1678Galaxy150 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).