NGC 1426
NGC 1426
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
66 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
55k ly
across
11.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 66 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1426 as it looked roughly 66 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 1385Spiral5.0 million ly
apartNGC 1398Barred spiral5.1 million ly
apartNGC 1401Lenticular5.5 million ly
apartNGC 1438Spiral5.6 million ly
apartIC 345Lenticular6.1 million ly
apartNGC 1353Barred spiral6.3 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1398Barred spiral5.1 million ly
apartNGC 1401Lenticular5.5 million ly
apartNGC 1438Spiral5.6 million ly
apartIC 345Lenticular6.1 million ly
apartNGC 1353Barred spiral6.3 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).