IC 1459
IC 1459
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
84 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
113k ly
across
10.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 84 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 1459 as it looked roughly 84 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 7421Barred spiral1.3 million ly
apartIC 5271Barred spiral5.5 million ly
apartNGC 7404Elliptical5.8 million ly
apartNGC 7410Barred spiral7.5 million ly
apartIC 5270Barred spiral7.7 million ly
apartNGC 7412Barred spiral9.7 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 5271Barred spiral5.5 million ly
apartNGC 7404Elliptical5.8 million ly
apartNGC 7410Barred spiral7.5 million ly
apartIC 5270Barred spiral7.7 million ly
apartNGC 7412Barred spiral9.7 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).