IC 414
IC 414
IC 414 is an elliptical galaxy in the constellation Orion about 207 million ly from Earth. It spans roughly 36,000 ly, about 36% of our Milky Way's width. The light reaching us tonight left it about 207 million years ago.
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
207 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
36k ly
across
14.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 207 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 414 as it looked roughly 207 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 413Lenticular5.5 million ly
apartIC 412Spiral6.5 million ly
apartNGC 1819Lenticular11 million ly
apartNGC 1762Spiral22 million ly
apartNGC 1713Elliptical25 million ly
apartNGC 1691Lenticular26 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 412Spiral6.5 million ly
apartNGC 1819Lenticular11 million ly
apartNGC 1762Spiral22 million ly
apartNGC 1713Elliptical25 million ly
apartNGC 1691Lenticular26 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).