IC 1423
IC 1423
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sb
380 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
102k ly
across
14.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 380 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 1423 as it looked roughly 380 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 1418Barred spiral8.8 million ly
apartIC 5151Galaxy15 million ly
apartIC 1406Elliptical25 million ly
apartNGC 7149Elliptical29 million ly
apartIC 1407Elliptical31 million ly
apartIC 1405Spiral31 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 5151Galaxy15 million ly
apartIC 1406Elliptical25 million ly
apartNGC 7149Elliptical29 million ly
apartIC 1407Elliptical31 million ly
apartIC 1405Spiral31 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).