NGC 7485
NGC 7485
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
272 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
119k ly
across
14.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 272 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 7485 as it looked roughly 272 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 7440Spiral13 million ly
apartIC 5259Spiral18 million ly
apartNGC 7490Barred spiral20 million ly
apartNGC 7395Lenticular22 million ly
apartNGC 7426Elliptical28 million ly
apartNGC 7318BBarred spiral30 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 5259Spiral18 million ly
apartNGC 7490Barred spiral20 million ly
apartNGC 7395Lenticular22 million ly
apartNGC 7426Elliptical28 million ly
apartNGC 7318BBarred spiral30 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).