NGC 7430
NGC 7430
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
310 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
54k ly
across
15.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 310 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 7430 as it looked roughly 310 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 7451Barred spiral5.0 million ly
apartNGC 7387Elliptical22 million ly
apartNGC 7569Lenticular27 million ly
apartNGC 7374Barred spiral28 million ly
apartNGC 7505Lenticular33 million ly
apartNGC 7386Lenticular34 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 7387Elliptical22 million ly
apartNGC 7569Lenticular27 million ly
apartNGC 7374Barred spiral28 million ly
apartNGC 7505Lenticular33 million ly
apartNGC 7386Lenticular34 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).