NGC 7428
NGC 7428
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sa
145 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
38k ly
across
13.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 145 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 7428 as it looked roughly 145 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 7391Elliptical5.6 million ly
apartNGC 7460Barred spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 7416Barred spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 7585Lenticular20 million ly
apartNGC 7537Barred spiral20 million ly
apartIC 1447Barred spiral21 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 7460Barred spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 7416Barred spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 7585Lenticular20 million ly
apartNGC 7537Barred spiral20 million ly
apartIC 1447Barred spiral21 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).