NGC 7458
NGC 7458
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
232 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
70k ly
across
12.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 232 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 7458 as it looked roughly 232 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 7472Elliptical6.8 million ly
apartNGC 7483Spiral8.7 million ly
apartNGC 7401Barred spiral9.2 million ly
apartNGC 7396Spiral9.9 million ly
apartIC 1455Barred spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 7480Lenticular11 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 7483Spiral8.7 million ly
apartNGC 7401Barred spiral9.2 million ly
apartNGC 7396Spiral9.9 million ly
apartIC 1455Barred spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 7480Lenticular11 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).