NGC 7439
NGC 7439
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
440 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
132k ly
across
15.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 440 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 7439 as it looked roughly 440 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 7420Barred spiral6.3 million ly
apartNGC 7487Elliptical18 million ly
apartNGC 7620Spiral55 million ly
apartNGC 7336Spiral56 million ly
apartNGC 7568Barred spiral66 million ly
apartIC 5298Barred spiral69 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 7487Elliptical18 million ly
apartNGC 7620Spiral55 million ly
apartNGC 7336Spiral56 million ly
apartNGC 7568Barred spiral66 million ly
apartIC 5298Barred spiral69 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).