NGC 7440
NGC 7440
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sa
264 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
89k ly
across
13.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 264 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 7440 as it looked roughly 264 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 5259Spiral5.1 million ly
apartNGC 7395Lenticular9.2 million ly
apartNGC 7485Lenticular13 million ly
apartNGC 7426Elliptical16 million ly
apartNGC 7446Elliptical18 million ly
apartNGC 7318BBarred spiral25 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 7395Lenticular9.2 million ly
apartNGC 7485Lenticular13 million ly
apartNGC 7426Elliptical16 million ly
apartNGC 7446Elliptical18 million ly
apartNGC 7318BBarred spiral25 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).