IC 1449
IC 1449
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Galaxy
morphology
336 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
56k ly
across
15.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 336 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 1449 as it looked roughly 336 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 7344Barred spiral29 million ly
apartNGC 7425Lenticular35 million ly
apartNGC 7308Elliptical37 million ly
apartIC 1464BGalaxy41 million ly
apartIC 1464AGalaxy41 million ly
apartIC 1456Galaxy43 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 7425Lenticular35 million ly
apartNGC 7308Elliptical37 million ly
apartIC 1464BGalaxy41 million ly
apartIC 1464AGalaxy41 million ly
apartIC 1456Galaxy43 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).