NGC 1485
NGC 1485
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sb
51 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
33k ly
across
12.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 51 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1485 as it looked roughly 51 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 1469Elliptical2.2 million ly
apartIC 356Barred spiral2.7 million ly
apartNGC 2591Spiral21 million ly
apartNGC 3027Spiral22 million ly
apartNGC 2715Spiral22 million ly
apartNGC 2146ASpiral22 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 356Barred spiral2.7 million ly
apartNGC 2591Spiral21 million ly
apartNGC 3027Spiral22 million ly
apartNGC 2715Spiral22 million ly
apartNGC 2146ASpiral22 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).