IC 1414
IC 1414
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
392 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
54k ly
across
15.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 392 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 1414 as it looked roughly 392 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 7132Spiral23 million ly
apartIC 5161Spiral24 million ly
apartIC 1418Barred spiral28 million ly
apartNGC 7190Lenticular30 million ly
apartIC 1423Barred spiral31 million ly
apartIC 5151Galaxy32 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 5161Spiral24 million ly
apartIC 1418Barred spiral28 million ly
apartNGC 7190Lenticular30 million ly
apartIC 1423Barred spiral31 million ly
apartIC 5151Galaxy32 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).