IC 1489
IC 1489
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Galaxy
morphology
461 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
72k ly
across
15.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 461 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 1489 as it looked roughly 461 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 1494Lenticular19 million ly
apartIC 5304Elliptical25 million ly
apartIC 1479Elliptical29 million ly
apartIC 1471Spiral35 million ly
apartNGC 7776Spiral62 million ly
apartIC 1520Spiral72 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 5304Elliptical25 million ly
apartIC 1479Elliptical29 million ly
apartIC 1471Spiral35 million ly
apartNGC 7776Spiral62 million ly
apartIC 1520Spiral72 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).