NGC 1424
NGC 1424
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · SABb
263 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
106k ly
across
13.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 263 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1424 as it looked roughly 263 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 1397Lenticular6.3 million ly
apartIC 344Barred spiral7.9 million ly
apartNGC 1361Elliptical21 million ly
apartNGC 1324Barred spiral21 million ly
apartNGC 1303Lenticular29 million ly
apartNGC 1323Lenticular30 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 344Barred spiral7.9 million ly
apartNGC 1361Elliptical21 million ly
apartNGC 1324Barred spiral21 million ly
apartNGC 1303Lenticular29 million ly
apartNGC 1323Lenticular30 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).