IC 454
IC 454
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBab
181 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
89k ly
across
14.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 181 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 454 as it looked roughly 181 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 2119Elliptical43 million ly
apartNGC 2510Lenticular57 million ly
apartNGC 2470Spiral58 million ly
apartIC 2181Spiral58 million ly
apartNGC 2508Elliptical63 million ly
apartNGC 2494Lenticular67 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 2510Lenticular57 million ly
apartNGC 2470Spiral58 million ly
apartIC 2181Spiral58 million ly
apartNGC 2508Elliptical63 million ly
apartNGC 2494Lenticular67 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).