NGC 1441
NGC 1441
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBb
195 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
105k ly
across
12.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 195 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1441 as it looked roughly 195 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 1417Spiral4.2 million ly
apartNGC 1449Lenticular4.5 million ly
apartNGC 1418Barred spiral4.9 million ly
apartNGC 1376Spiral8.0 million ly
apartNGC 1451Elliptical11 million ly
apartIC 347Lenticular11 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1449Lenticular4.5 million ly
apartNGC 1418Barred spiral4.9 million ly
apartNGC 1376Spiral8.0 million ly
apartNGC 1451Elliptical11 million ly
apartIC 347Lenticular11 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).