IC 1461
IC 1461
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
431 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
75k ly
across
15.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 431 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 1461 as it looked roughly 431 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 7413Elliptical29 million ly
apartNGC 7414Lenticular32 million ly
apartIC 5276Lenticular40 million ly
apartNGC 7370Galaxy42 million ly
apartNGC 7558Lenticular42 million ly
apartIC 5274Lenticular45 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 7414Lenticular32 million ly
apartIC 5276Lenticular40 million ly
apartNGC 7370Galaxy42 million ly
apartNGC 7558Lenticular42 million ly
apartIC 5274Lenticular45 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).