IC 1394
IC 1394
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
411 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
147k ly
across
14.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 411 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 1394 as it looked roughly 411 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
IC 5144Elliptical27 million ly
apartNGC 7138Barred spiral28 million ly
apartNGC 7132Spiral41 million ly
apartNGC 7101Elliptical43 million ly
apartNGC 7207Lenticular47 million ly
apartNGC 7190Lenticular47 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 7138Barred spiral28 million ly
apartNGC 7132Spiral41 million ly
apartNGC 7101Elliptical43 million ly
apartNGC 7207Lenticular47 million ly
apartNGC 7190Lenticular47 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).