IC 1404
IC 1404
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
260 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
73k ly
across
14.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 260 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 1404 as it looked roughly 260 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 7105Lenticular13 million ly
apartNGC 7131Lenticular19 million ly
apartIC 1408Lenticular21 million ly
apartIC 1417Barred spiral22 million ly
apartNGC 7073Barred spiral26 million ly
apartIC 1412Lenticular37 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 7131Lenticular19 million ly
apartIC 1408Lenticular21 million ly
apartIC 1417Barred spiral22 million ly
apartNGC 7073Barred spiral26 million ly
apartIC 1412Lenticular37 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).