IC 1420 NED01
IC 1420 NED01
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Scd
74 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
28k ly
across
14.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 74 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 1420 NED01 as it looked roughly 74 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 1420 NED02Spiral6.5 million ly
apartNGC 7137Spiral7.5 million ly
apartNGC 7241Barred spiral7.6 million ly
apartNGC 7339Spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 7280Lenticular16 million ly
apartNGC 7332Lenticular20 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 7137Spiral7.5 million ly
apartNGC 7241Barred spiral7.6 million ly
apartNGC 7339Spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 7280Lenticular16 million ly
apartNGC 7332Lenticular20 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).