IC 1494
IC 1494
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
444 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
94k ly
across
15.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 444 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 1494 as it looked roughly 444 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 1489Galaxy19 million ly
apartIC 1479Elliptical29 million ly
apartIC 5304Elliptical31 million ly
apartIC 1471Spiral43 million ly
apartNGC 7776Spiral47 million ly
apartIC 1520Spiral56 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 1479Elliptical29 million ly
apartIC 5304Elliptical31 million ly
apartIC 1471Spiral43 million ly
apartNGC 7776Spiral47 million ly
apartIC 1520Spiral56 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).