IC 1446
IC 1446
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E-S0
546 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
124k ly
across
15.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 546 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 1446 as it looked roughly 546 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 7222Barred spiral64 million ly
apartIC 1428Galaxy75 million ly
apartNGC 7488Elliptical100 million ly
apartNGC 7459 NED01Elliptical110 million ly
apartIC 1399Galaxy120 million ly
apartIC 1425Elliptical120 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 1428Galaxy75 million ly
apartNGC 7488Elliptical100 million ly
apartNGC 7459 NED01Elliptical110 million ly
apartIC 1399Galaxy120 million ly
apartIC 1425Elliptical120 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).