IC 461
IC 461
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Galaxy
morphology
266 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
49k ly
across
15.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 266 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 461 as it looked roughly 266 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 459Galaxy3.1 million ly
apartNGC 2320Elliptical4.5 million ly
apartNGC 2332Lenticular6.7 million ly
apartNGC 2329Elliptical11 million ly
apartNGC 2340Elliptical11 million ly
apartNGC 2326Barred spiral13 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 2320Elliptical4.5 million ly
apartNGC 2332Lenticular6.7 million ly
apartNGC 2329Elliptical11 million ly
apartNGC 2340Elliptical11 million ly
apartNGC 2326Barred spiral13 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).