NGC 1494
NGC 1494
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Scd
53 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
54k ly
across
11.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 53 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1494 as it looked roughly 53 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 1483Barred spiral2.0 million ly
apartNGC 1527Elliptical2.6 million ly
apartNGC 1433Barred spiral3.7 million ly
apartNGC 1493Barred spiral4.1 million ly
apartNGC 1448Spiral4.9 million ly
apartIC 1954Barred spiral5.3 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1527Elliptical2.6 million ly
apartNGC 1433Barred spiral3.7 million ly
apartNGC 1493Barred spiral4.1 million ly
apartNGC 1448Spiral4.9 million ly
apartIC 1954Barred spiral5.3 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).