IC 1464B
IC 1464B
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Galaxy
morphology
336 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
66k ly
across
15.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 336 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 1464B 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
IC 1464AGalaxy5.9 million ly
apartNGC 7425Lenticular15 million ly
apartNGC 7596Lenticular24 million ly
apartIC 1456Galaxy32 million ly
apartNGC 7646Barred spiral35 million ly
apartNGC 7592BBarred spiral36 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 7425Lenticular15 million ly
apartNGC 7596Lenticular24 million ly
apartIC 1456Galaxy32 million ly
apartNGC 7646Barred spiral35 million ly
apartNGC 7592BBarred spiral36 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).