IC 1455
IC 1455
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBa
226 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
66k ly
across
14.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 226 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 1455 as it looked roughly 226 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 7396Spiral4.4 million ly
apartNGC 7401Barred spiral4.4 million ly
apartNGC 7397Lenticular6.1 million ly
apartNGC 7398Barred spiral6.3 million ly
apartNGC 7402Lenticular10 million ly
apartNGC 7458Elliptical10 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 7401Barred spiral4.4 million ly
apartNGC 7397Lenticular6.1 million ly
apartNGC 7398Barred spiral6.3 million ly
apartNGC 7402Lenticular10 million ly
apartNGC 7458Elliptical10 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).