NGC 7412
NGC 7412
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBb
80 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
88k ly
across
11.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 80 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 7412 as it looked roughly 80 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 5267Lenticular1.1 million ly
apartNGC 7410Barred spiral4.5 million ly
apartNGC 7496Barred spiral4.6 million ly
apartIC 5240Barred spiral5.2 million ly
apartNGC 7599Barred spiral6.5 million ly
apartNGC 7552Spiral6.6 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 7410Barred spiral4.5 million ly
apartNGC 7496Barred spiral4.6 million ly
apartIC 5240Barred spiral5.2 million ly
apartNGC 7599Barred spiral6.5 million ly
apartNGC 7552Spiral6.6 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).