IC 1417
IC 1417
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sb
252 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
121k ly
across
14.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 252 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 1417 as it looked roughly 252 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 1408Lenticular8.0 million ly
apartNGC 7131Lenticular14 million ly
apartNGC 7165Spiral17 million ly
apartIC 1412Lenticular19 million ly
apartIC 1404Elliptical22 million ly
apartNGC 7105Lenticular27 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 7131Lenticular14 million ly
apartNGC 7165Spiral17 million ly
apartIC 1412Lenticular19 million ly
apartIC 1404Elliptical22 million ly
apartNGC 7105Lenticular27 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).