IC 411
IC 411
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
445 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
176k ly
across
14.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 445 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 411 as it looked roughly 445 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 2125Lenticular24 million ly
apartIC 408Lenticular37 million ly
apartIC 2119Barred spiral45 million ly
apartNGC 1992Lenticular71 million ly
apartNGC 1692Lenticular75 million ly
apartNGC 1989Elliptical76 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 408Lenticular37 million ly
apartIC 2119Barred spiral45 million ly
apartNGC 1992Lenticular71 million ly
apartNGC 1692Lenticular75 million ly
apartNGC 1989Elliptical76 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).