IC 1484
IC 1484
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Galaxy
morphology
625 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
113k ly
across
17.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 625 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 1484 as it looked roughly 625 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 7584Galaxy33 million ly
apartNGC 7651 NED01Elliptical42 million ly
apartNGC 7609 NED02Spiral43 million ly
apartNGC 7630Barred spiral43 million ly
apartIC 5307Galaxy50 million ly
apartNGC 7503Elliptical53 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 7651 NED01Elliptical42 million ly
apartNGC 7609 NED02Spiral43 million ly
apartNGC 7630Barred spiral43 million ly
apartIC 5307Galaxy50 million ly
apartNGC 7503Elliptical53 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).