IC 1495
IC 1495
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sb
297 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
115k ly
across
13.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 297 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 1495 as it looked roughly 297 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 7646Barred spiral34 million ly
apartNGC 7763Elliptical45 million ly
apartNGC 7761Lenticular47 million ly
apartNGC 7491Barred spiral48 million ly
apartNGC 7725Lenticular49 million ly
apartNGC 7828Spiral51 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 7763Elliptical45 million ly
apartNGC 7761Lenticular47 million ly
apartNGC 7491Barred spiral48 million ly
apartNGC 7725Lenticular49 million ly
apartNGC 7828Spiral51 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).