NGC 1484
NGC 1484
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBb
52 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
41k ly
across
13.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 52 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1484 as it looked roughly 52 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
IC 1993Spiral3.3 million ly
apartIC 2041Lenticular5.0 million ly
apartNGC 1531Elliptical5.4 million ly
apartNGC 1532Barred spiral5.8 million ly
apartNGC 1406Barred spiral5.9 million ly
apartNGC 1389Elliptical6.0 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 2041Lenticular5.0 million ly
apartNGC 1531Elliptical5.4 million ly
apartNGC 1532Barred spiral5.8 million ly
apartNGC 1406Barred spiral5.9 million ly
apartNGC 1389Elliptical6.0 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).