IC 471
IC 471
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
256 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
49k ly
across
14.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 256 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 471 as it looked roughly 256 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 472Barred spiral7.5 million ly
apartNGC 2429ALenticular12 million ly
apartNGC 2431Barred spiral18 million ly
apartNGC 2475Elliptical18 million ly
apartNGC 2474Elliptical19 million ly
apartNGC 2518Elliptical21 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 2429ALenticular12 million ly
apartNGC 2431Barred spiral18 million ly
apartNGC 2475Elliptical18 million ly
apartNGC 2474Elliptical19 million ly
apartNGC 2518Elliptical21 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).