NGC 7408
NGC 7408
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBc
164 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
91k ly
across
15.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 164 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 7408 as it looked roughly 164 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 5244Barred spiral3.9 million ly
apartIC 5247Barred spiral6.9 million ly
apartIC 5227Barred spiral9.7 million ly
apartNGC 7358Lenticular9.9 million ly
apartIC 5245Lenticular12 million ly
apartIC 5272Spiral14 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 5247Barred spiral6.9 million ly
apartIC 5227Barred spiral9.7 million ly
apartNGC 7358Lenticular9.9 million ly
apartIC 5245Lenticular12 million ly
apartIC 5272Spiral14 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).