NGC 1406
NGC 1406
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBbc
50 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
66k ly
across
11.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 50 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1406 as it looked roughly 50 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 1993Spiral2.7 million ly
apartNGC 1366Lenticular4.9 million ly
apartNGC 1340Elliptical5.3 million ly
apartNGC 1389Elliptical5.3 million ly
apartNGC 1484Barred spiral5.9 million ly
apartNGC 1326BBarred spiral6.2 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1366Lenticular4.9 million ly
apartNGC 1340Elliptical5.3 million ly
apartNGC 1389Elliptical5.3 million ly
apartNGC 1484Barred spiral5.9 million ly
apartNGC 1326BBarred spiral6.2 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).