NGC 7451
NGC 7451
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sbc
312 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
101k ly
across
14.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 312 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 7451 as it looked roughly 312 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 7430Lenticular5.0 million ly
apartNGC 7569Lenticular25 million ly
apartNGC 7387Elliptical25 million ly
apartNGC 7374Barred spiral30 million ly
apartNGC 7505Lenticular32 million ly
apartNGC 7386Lenticular35 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 7569Lenticular25 million ly
apartNGC 7387Elliptical25 million ly
apartNGC 7374Barred spiral30 million ly
apartNGC 7505Lenticular32 million ly
apartNGC 7386Lenticular35 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).