IC 1403
IC 1403
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Galaxy
morphology
386 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
55k ly
across
16.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 386 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 1403 as it looked roughly 386 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 7121Barred spiral12 million ly
apartIC 1410Elliptical13 million ly
apartIC 1411Elliptical17 million ly
apartNGC 7182Lenticular20 million ly
apartNGC 7181Lenticular26 million ly
apartNGC 7170Elliptical26 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 1410Elliptical13 million ly
apartIC 1411Elliptical17 million ly
apartNGC 7182Lenticular20 million ly
apartNGC 7181Lenticular26 million ly
apartNGC 7170Elliptical26 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).