IC 1406
IC 1406
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
382 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
69k ly
across
15.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 382 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 1406 as it looked roughly 382 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 1405Spiral21 million ly
apartNGC 7149Elliptical21 million ly
apartIC 5151Galaxy21 million ly
apartIC 1407Elliptical25 million ly
apartIC 1423Barred spiral25 million ly
apartIC 1418Barred spiral25 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 7149Elliptical21 million ly
apartIC 5151Galaxy21 million ly
apartIC 1407Elliptical25 million ly
apartIC 1423Barred spiral25 million ly
apartIC 1418Barred spiral25 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).