IC 1474
IC 1474
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
163 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
49k ly
across
13.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 163 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 1474 as it looked roughly 163 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 7518Spiral2.2 million ly
apartNGC 7562ASpiral3.3 million ly
apartNGC 7562Elliptical5.3 million ly
apartNGC 7608Barred spiral8.5 million ly
apartNGC 7626Elliptical9.6 million ly
apartNGC 7557Lenticular11 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 7562ASpiral3.3 million ly
apartNGC 7562Elliptical5.3 million ly
apartNGC 7608Barred spiral8.5 million ly
apartNGC 7626Elliptical9.6 million ly
apartNGC 7557Lenticular11 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).