IC 1443
IC 1443
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
230 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
103k ly
across
13.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 230 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 1443 as it looked roughly 230 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 7252Lenticular17 million ly
apartIC 1435Barred spiral19 million ly
apartNGC 7251Spiral21 million ly
apartIC 5178Barred spiral21 million ly
apartNGC 7284Lenticular21 million ly
apartNGC 7225Lenticular22 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 1435Barred spiral19 million ly
apartNGC 7251Spiral21 million ly
apartIC 5178Barred spiral21 million ly
apartNGC 7284Lenticular21 million ly
apartNGC 7225Lenticular22 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).