IC 1422
IC 1422
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Galaxy
morphology
441 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
59k ly
across
15.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 441 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 1422 as it looked roughly 441 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 1425Elliptical7.2 million ly
apartNGC 7147Lenticular24 million ly
apartNGC 7189Barred spiral26 million ly
apartIC 1437Lenticular35 million ly
apartNGC 7146Spiral39 million ly
apartIC 1407Elliptical42 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 7147Lenticular24 million ly
apartNGC 7189Barred spiral26 million ly
apartIC 1437Lenticular35 million ly
apartNGC 7146Spiral39 million ly
apartIC 1407Elliptical42 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).