NGC 7464
NGC 7464
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
94 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
14k ly
across
14.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 94 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 7464 as it looked roughly 94 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 7454Elliptical1.3 million ly
apartNGC 7468Elliptical3.6 million ly
apartNGC 7437Spiral5.7 million ly
apartNGC 7448Spiral7.9 million ly
apartNGC 7465Lenticular8.7 million ly
apartNGC 7497Spiral15 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 7468Elliptical3.6 million ly
apartNGC 7437Spiral5.7 million ly
apartNGC 7448Spiral7.9 million ly
apartNGC 7465Lenticular8.7 million ly
apartNGC 7497Spiral15 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).