IC 1456
IC 1456
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Galaxy
morphology
355 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
98k ly
across
15.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 355 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 1456 as it looked roughly 355 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 7425Lenticular19 million ly
apartIC 1453Spiral26 million ly
apartIC 1464AGalaxy29 million ly
apartIC 1464BGalaxy32 million ly
apartNGC 7308Elliptical33 million ly
apartIC 1449Galaxy43 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 1453Spiral26 million ly
apartIC 1464AGalaxy29 million ly
apartIC 1464BGalaxy32 million ly
apartNGC 7308Elliptical33 million ly
apartIC 1449Galaxy43 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).