NGC 7472
NGC 7472
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
232 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
51k ly
across
14.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 232 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 7472 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 7483Spiral2.6 million ly
apartNGC 7458Elliptical6.8 million ly
apartNGC 7480Lenticular9.6 million ly
apartNGC 7422Barred spiral13 million ly
apartIC 1455Barred spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 7401Barred spiral15 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 7458Elliptical6.8 million ly
apartNGC 7480Lenticular9.6 million ly
apartNGC 7422Barred spiral13 million ly
apartIC 1455Barred spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 7401Barred spiral15 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).