IC 408
IC 408
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
482 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
273k ly
across
13.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 482 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 408 as it looked roughly 482 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 411Lenticular37 million ly
apartNGC 1992Lenticular58 million ly
apartIC 2125Lenticular59 million ly
apartNGC 1989Elliptical60 million ly
apartIC 2119Barred spiral60 million ly
apartNGC 1692Lenticular61 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1992Lenticular58 million ly
apartIC 2125Lenticular59 million ly
apartNGC 1989Elliptical60 million ly
apartIC 2119Barred spiral60 million ly
apartNGC 1692Lenticular61 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).