IC 1471
IC 1471
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sa
454 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
141k ly
across
14.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 454 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 1471 as it looked roughly 454 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
IC 5304Elliptical27 million ly
apartIC 1479Elliptical28 million ly
apartIC 1489Galaxy35 million ly
apartIC 1494Lenticular43 million ly
apartIC 1451Spiral55 million ly
apartIC 1468Lenticular75 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 1479Elliptical28 million ly
apartIC 1489Galaxy35 million ly
apartIC 1494Lenticular43 million ly
apartIC 1451Spiral55 million ly
apartIC 1468Lenticular75 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).