NGC 1414
NGC 1414
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBbc
74 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
37k ly
across
14.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 74 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1414 as it looked roughly 74 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 1415Lenticular1.7 million ly
apartNGC 1422Barred spiral1.9 million ly
apartNGC 1401Lenticular2.8 million ly
apartNGC 1438Spiral3.1 million ly
apartNGC 1353Barred spiral3.8 million ly
apartNGC 1439Elliptical4.3 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1422Barred spiral1.9 million ly
apartNGC 1401Lenticular2.8 million ly
apartNGC 1438Spiral3.1 million ly
apartNGC 1353Barred spiral3.8 million ly
apartNGC 1439Elliptical4.3 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).