NGC 1464
NGC 1464
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Scd
81 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
19k ly
across
14.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 81 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1464 as it looked roughly 81 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 1407Elliptical6.3 million ly
apartNGC 1405Lenticular6.8 million ly
apartNGC 1452Lenticular6.9 million ly
apartNGC 1481Elliptical7.2 million ly
apartNGC 1354Lenticular7.2 million ly
apartNGC 1519Barred spiral7.5 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1405Lenticular6.8 million ly
apartNGC 1452Lenticular6.9 million ly
apartNGC 1481Elliptical7.2 million ly
apartNGC 1354Lenticular7.2 million ly
apartNGC 1519Barred spiral7.5 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).