IC 1445
IC 1445
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E-S0
123 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
50k ly
across
12.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 123 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 1445 as it looked roughly 123 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
NGC 7302Elliptical7.6 million ly
apartIC 1438Spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 7254Barred spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 7183Lenticular12 million ly
apartNGC 7184Barred spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 7171Barred spiral16 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 1438Spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 7254Barred spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 7183Lenticular12 million ly
apartNGC 7184Barred spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 7171Barred spiral16 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).