IC 1437
IC 1437
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
415 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
130k ly
across
14.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 415 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 1437 as it looked roughly 415 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
NGC 7189Barred spiral26 million ly
apartIC 1444Elliptical32 million ly
apartIC 1422Galaxy35 million ly
apartIC 5151Galaxy39 million ly
apartIC 1418Barred spiral39 million ly
apartIC 1425Elliptical40 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 1444Elliptical32 million ly
apartIC 1422Galaxy35 million ly
apartIC 5151Galaxy39 million ly
apartIC 1418Barred spiral39 million ly
apartIC 1425Elliptical40 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).