IC 459
IC 459
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Galaxy
morphology
263 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
45k ly
across
15.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 263 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 459 as it looked roughly 263 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 461Galaxy3.1 million ly
apartNGC 2320Elliptical5.5 million ly
apartNGC 2332Lenticular9.7 million ly
apartNGC 2329Elliptical14 million ly
apartNGC 2340Elliptical14 million ly
apartNGC 2326Barred spiral16 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 2320Elliptical5.5 million ly
apartNGC 2332Lenticular9.7 million ly
apartNGC 2329Elliptical14 million ly
apartNGC 2340Elliptical14 million ly
apartNGC 2326Barred spiral16 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).