NGC 1470
NGC 1470
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sab
309 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
145k ly
across
14.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 309 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1470 as it looked roughly 309 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 1467Lenticular5.9 million ly
apartNGC 1423Spiral23 million ly
apartIC 368Lenticular47 million ly
apartNGC 1328Lenticular47 million ly
apartNGC 1322Elliptical51 million ly
apartNGC 1424Spiral52 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1423Spiral23 million ly
apartIC 368Lenticular47 million ly
apartNGC 1328Lenticular47 million ly
apartNGC 1322Elliptical51 million ly
apartNGC 1424Spiral52 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).