IC 1411
IC 1411
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
374 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
95k ly
across
14.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 374 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 1411 as it looked roughly 374 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 1410Elliptical9.5 million ly
apartNGC 7181Lenticular11 million ly
apartNGC 7182Lenticular11 million ly
apartIC 1403Galaxy17 million ly
apartIC 1406Elliptical26 million ly
apartNGC 7121Barred spiral27 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 7181Lenticular11 million ly
apartNGC 7182Lenticular11 million ly
apartIC 1403Galaxy17 million ly
apartIC 1406Elliptical26 million ly
apartNGC 7121Barred spiral27 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).