IC 1491
IC 1491
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sbc
157 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
35k ly
across
15.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 157 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 1491 as it looked roughly 157 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 7717Lenticular6.8 million ly
apartNGC 7443Lenticular22 million ly
apartNGC 7450Lenticular22 million ly
apartIC 5321Barred spiral23 million ly
apartNGC 7444Lenticular25 million ly
apartNGC 7600Elliptical26 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 7443Lenticular22 million ly
apartNGC 7450Lenticular22 million ly
apartIC 5321Barred spiral23 million ly
apartNGC 7444Lenticular25 million ly
apartNGC 7600Elliptical26 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).