IC 407
IC 407
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
132 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
74k ly
across
14.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 132 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 407 as it looked roughly 132 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 1906Spiral7.9 million ly
apartNGC 1888Barred spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 1843Spiral15 million ly
apartIC 416Barred spiral17 million ly
apartNGC 2089Elliptical17 million ly
apartNGC 1954Barred spiral18 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1888Barred spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 1843Spiral15 million ly
apartIC 416Barred spiral17 million ly
apartNGC 2089Elliptical17 million ly
apartNGC 1954Barred spiral18 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).