IC 437
IC 437
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sa
322 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
91k ly
across
15.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 322 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 437 as it looked roughly 322 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 1716Barred spiral84 million ly
apartNGC 2206Barred spiral87 million ly
apartNGC 1686Barred spiral93 million ly
apartIC 2104Barred spiral95 million ly
apartNGC 1710Elliptical100 million ly
apartNGC 1781Lenticular110 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 2206Barred spiral87 million ly
apartNGC 1686Barred spiral93 million ly
apartIC 2104Barred spiral95 million ly
apartNGC 1710Elliptical100 million ly
apartNGC 1781Lenticular110 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).