IC 1492
IC 1492
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
247 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
106k ly
across
14.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 247 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 1492 as it looked roughly 247 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 1496Lenticular6.1 million ly
apartIC 1501Spiral6.6 million ly
apartNGC 7701Lenticular6.6 million ly
apartNGC 7700Lenticular8.6 million ly
apartIC 1498Barred spiral9.1 million ly
apartNGC 7699Spiral9.4 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 1501Spiral6.6 million ly
apartNGC 7701Lenticular6.6 million ly
apartNGC 7700Lenticular8.6 million ly
apartIC 1498Barred spiral9.1 million ly
apartNGC 7699Spiral9.4 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).