IC 141
IC 141
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sbc
541 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
194k ly
across
14.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 541 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 141 as it looked roughly 541 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 144Elliptical31 million ly
apartNGC 648Elliptical49 million ly
apartIC 1745Lenticular52 million ly
apartNGC 617Spiral57 million ly
apartNGC 734Barred spiral59 million ly
apartIC 78Spiral59 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 648Elliptical49 million ly
apartIC 1745Lenticular52 million ly
apartNGC 617Spiral57 million ly
apartNGC 734Barred spiral59 million ly
apartIC 78Spiral59 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).