IC 1431
IC 1431
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sa
775 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
169k ly
across
15.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 775 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 1431 as it looked roughly 775 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 1430Galaxy1.1 million ly
apartIC 1421Elliptical120 million ly
apartIC 1419Lenticular120 million ly
apartIC 1385Spiral210 million ly
apartIC 1433 NED01Lenticular230 million ly
apartNGC 7287BGalaxy250 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 1421Elliptical120 million ly
apartIC 1419Lenticular120 million ly
apartIC 1385Spiral210 million ly
apartIC 1433 NED01Lenticular230 million ly
apartNGC 7287BGalaxy250 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).