IC 1467
IC 1467
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
190 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
44k ly
across
14.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 190 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 1467 as it looked roughly 190 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 7506Lenticular11 million ly
apartNGC 7393Barred spiral19 million ly
apartNGC 7441Spiral24 million ly
apartNGC 7532Lenticular25 million ly
apartNGC 7576Lenticular26 million ly
apartNGC 7530Lenticular26 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 7393Barred spiral19 million ly
apartNGC 7441Spiral24 million ly
apartNGC 7532Lenticular25 million ly
apartNGC 7576Lenticular26 million ly
apartNGC 7530Lenticular26 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).