IC 1410
IC 1410
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
377 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
91k ly
across
15.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 377 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 1410 as it looked roughly 377 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 1411Elliptical9.5 million ly
apartNGC 7182Lenticular11 million ly
apartIC 1403Galaxy13 million ly
apartNGC 7181Lenticular14 million ly
apartNGC 7170Elliptical21 million ly
apartNGC 7121Barred spiral23 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 7182Lenticular11 million ly
apartIC 1403Galaxy13 million ly
apartNGC 7181Lenticular14 million ly
apartNGC 7170Elliptical21 million ly
apartNGC 7121Barred spiral23 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).