NGC 7454
NGC 7454
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
93 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
42k ly
across
11.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 93 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 7454 as it looked roughly 93 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 7464Elliptical1.3 million ly
apartNGC 7468Elliptical4.5 million ly
apartNGC 7437Spiral6.8 million ly
apartNGC 7448Spiral9.0 million ly
apartNGC 7465Lenticular9.7 million ly
apartNGC 7497Spiral14 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 7468Elliptical4.5 million ly
apartNGC 7437Spiral6.8 million ly
apartNGC 7448Spiral9.0 million ly
apartNGC 7465Lenticular9.7 million ly
apartNGC 7497Spiral14 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).