NGC 7476
NGC 7476
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBab
136 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
53k ly
across
13.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 136 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 7476 as it looked roughly 136 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 7400Barred spiral8.4 million ly
apartIC 5328Elliptical15 million ly
apartNGC 7484Elliptical18 million ly
apartNGC 7744Elliptical18 million ly
apartNGC 7713ASpiral20 million ly
apartIC 5171Spiral24 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 5328Elliptical15 million ly
apartNGC 7484Elliptical18 million ly
apartNGC 7744Elliptical18 million ly
apartNGC 7713ASpiral20 million ly
apartIC 5171Spiral24 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).