IC 1482
IC 1482
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
414 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
98k ly
across
15.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 414 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 1482 as it looked roughly 414 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 7642Spiral5.1 million ly
apartNGC 7629Lenticular11 million ly
apartNGC 7589Spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 7603Barred spiral41 million ly
apartNGC 7546Spiral42 million ly
apartIC 5287Barred spiral45 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 7629Lenticular11 million ly
apartNGC 7589Spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 7603Barred spiral41 million ly
apartNGC 7546Spiral42 million ly
apartIC 5287Barred spiral45 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).