IC 1425
IC 1425
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
448 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
103k ly
across
15.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 448 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 1425 as it looked roughly 448 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 1422Galaxy7.2 million ly
apartNGC 7147Lenticular29 million ly
apartNGC 7189Barred spiral32 million ly
apartIC 1437Lenticular40 million ly
apartNGC 7146Spiral46 million ly
apartIC 1407Elliptical49 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 7147Lenticular29 million ly
apartNGC 7189Barred spiral32 million ly
apartIC 1437Lenticular40 million ly
apartNGC 7146Spiral46 million ly
apartIC 1407Elliptical49 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).