IC 1418
IC 1418
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sbc
389 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
97k ly
across
15.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 389 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 1418 as it looked roughly 389 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 5151Galaxy8.2 million ly
apartIC 1423Barred spiral8.8 million ly
apartNGC 7149Elliptical22 million ly
apartIC 1407Elliptical23 million ly
apartIC 1406Elliptical25 million ly
apartNGC 7146Spiral28 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 1423Barred spiral8.8 million ly
apartNGC 7149Elliptical22 million ly
apartIC 1407Elliptical23 million ly
apartIC 1406Elliptical25 million ly
apartNGC 7146Spiral28 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).