IC 481
IC 481
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sb
223 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
60k ly
across
15.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 223 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 481 as it looked roughly 223 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 2498Spiral3.5 million ly
apartNGC 2487Barred spiral4.3 million ly
apartNGC 2512Barred spiral6.9 million ly
apartNGC 2486Barred spiral8.1 million ly
apartIC 480Barred spiral11 million ly
apartIC 476Spiral15 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 2487Barred spiral4.3 million ly
apartNGC 2512Barred spiral6.9 million ly
apartNGC 2486Barred spiral8.1 million ly
apartIC 480Barred spiral11 million ly
apartIC 476Spiral15 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).