NGC 1439
NGC 1439
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
78 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
67k ly
across
11.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 78 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1439 as it looked roughly 78 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 1422Barred spiral2.5 million ly
apartNGC 1395Elliptical2.6 million ly
apartNGC 1414Barred spiral4.3 million ly
apartNGC 1481Elliptical4.6 million ly
apartNGC 1377Lenticular5.6 million ly
apartNGC 1415Lenticular5.6 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1395Elliptical2.6 million ly
apartNGC 1414Barred spiral4.3 million ly
apartNGC 1481Elliptical4.6 million ly
apartNGC 1377Lenticular5.6 million ly
apartNGC 1415Lenticular5.6 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).