NGC 7409
NGC 7409
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
315 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
53k ly
across
15.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 315 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 7409 as it looked roughly 315 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 7411Elliptical1.6 million ly
apartNGC 7375Lenticular14 million ly
apartIC 5254Spiral19 million ly
apartIC 5253Lenticular20 million ly
apartIC 5242Spiral31 million ly
apartNGC 7321Barred spiral31 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 7375Lenticular14 million ly
apartIC 5254Spiral19 million ly
apartIC 5253Lenticular20 million ly
apartIC 5242Spiral31 million ly
apartNGC 7321Barred spiral31 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).