IC 1441
IC 1441
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBb
245 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
76k ly
across
15.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 245 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 1441 as it looked roughly 245 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 7265Elliptical12 million ly
apartNGC 7273Lenticular14 million ly
apartIC 5193Elliptical17 million ly
apartNGC 7330Elliptical19 million ly
apartNGC 7242 NED01Elliptical20 million ly
apartNGC 7379Barred spiral30 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 7273Lenticular14 million ly
apartIC 5193Elliptical17 million ly
apartNGC 7330Elliptical19 million ly
apartNGC 7242 NED01Elliptical20 million ly
apartNGC 7379Barred spiral30 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).