IC 451
IC 451
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · SABb
235 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
92k ly
across
14.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 235 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 451 as it looked roughly 235 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 2256Elliptical9.2 million ly
apartIC 450Lenticular26 million ly
apartIC 445Lenticular29 million ly
apartIC 440Barred spiral41 million ly
apartIC 442Lenticular49 million ly
apartIC 2179Elliptical49 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 450Lenticular26 million ly
apartIC 445Lenticular29 million ly
apartIC 440Barred spiral41 million ly
apartIC 442Lenticular49 million ly
apartIC 2179Elliptical49 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).