IC 1405
IC 1405
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sab
361 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
91k ly
across
15.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 361 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 1405 as it looked roughly 361 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 1395Elliptical20 million ly
apartIC 1406Elliptical21 million ly
apartIC 1411Elliptical28 million ly
apartIC 1423Barred spiral31 million ly
apartNGC 7181Lenticular32 million ly
apartIC 5111Barred spiral36 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 1406Elliptical21 million ly
apartIC 1411Elliptical28 million ly
apartIC 1423Barred spiral31 million ly
apartNGC 7181Lenticular32 million ly
apartIC 5111Barred spiral36 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).