IC 475
IC 475
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sa
209 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
45k ly
across
14.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 209 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 475 as it looked roughly 209 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 2194Lenticular12 million ly
apartIC 2199Barred spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 2435Spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 2410Barred spiral15 million ly
apartIC 2203Barred spiral15 million ly
apartIC 2201Spiral16 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 2199Barred spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 2435Spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 2410Barred spiral15 million ly
apartIC 2203Barred spiral15 million ly
apartIC 2201Spiral16 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).