IC 1407
IC 1407
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E-S0
404 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
89k ly
across
15.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 404 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 1407 as it looked roughly 404 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 7149Elliptical3.4 million ly
apartNGC 7146Spiral5.0 million ly
apartIC 5151Galaxy16 million ly
apartIC 1418Barred spiral23 million ly
apartIC 1406Elliptical25 million ly
apartNGC 7147Lenticular26 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 7146Spiral5.0 million ly
apartIC 5151Galaxy16 million ly
apartIC 1418Barred spiral23 million ly
apartIC 1406Elliptical25 million ly
apartNGC 7147Lenticular26 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).