IC 1447
IC 1447
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sb
139 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
60k ly
across
13.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 139 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 1447 as it looked roughly 139 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 7391Elliptical16 million ly
apartNGC 7416Barred spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 7428Spiral21 million ly
apartNGC 7371Lenticular21 million ly
apartNGC 7378Barred spiral25 million ly
apartNGC 7302Elliptical26 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 7416Barred spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 7428Spiral21 million ly
apartNGC 7371Lenticular21 million ly
apartNGC 7378Barred spiral25 million ly
apartNGC 7302Elliptical26 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).