NGC 7462
NGC 7462
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBbc
49 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
72k ly
across
12.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 49 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 7462 as it looked roughly 49 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 7456Spiral6.9 million ly
apartIC 5273Barred spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 7361Spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 7418Spiral19 million ly
apartIC 5325Barred spiral22 million ly
apartNGC 7632Lenticular23 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 5273Barred spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 7361Spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 7418Spiral19 million ly
apartIC 5325Barred spiral22 million ly
apartNGC 7632Lenticular23 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).