IC 1419
IC 1419
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
663 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
104k ly
across
16.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 663 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 1419 as it looked roughly 663 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 1421Elliptical810,000 ly
apartIC 1433 NED01Lenticular120 million ly
apartIC 1431Spiral120 million ly
apartIC 1430Galaxy120 million ly
apartNGC 7222Barred spiral160 million ly
apartIC 1385Spiral160 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 1433 NED01Lenticular120 million ly
apartIC 1431Spiral120 million ly
apartIC 1430Galaxy120 million ly
apartNGC 7222Barred spiral160 million ly
apartIC 1385Spiral160 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).