NGC 7404
NGC 7404
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E-S0
88 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
42k ly
across
12.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 88 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 7404 as it looked roughly 88 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 7421Barred spiral4.7 million ly
apartIC 1459Elliptical5.8 million ly
apartIC 5270Barred spiral6.7 million ly
apartIC 5264Spiral7.9 million ly
apartNGC 7412Barred spiral9.3 million ly
apartNGC 7410Barred spiral9.8 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 1459Elliptical5.8 million ly
apartIC 5270Barred spiral6.7 million ly
apartIC 5264Spiral7.9 million ly
apartNGC 7412Barred spiral9.3 million ly
apartNGC 7410Barred spiral9.8 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).