IC 415
IC 415
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Galaxy
morphology
159 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
35k ly
across
15.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 159 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 415 as it looked roughly 159 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 1957Elliptical10 million ly
apartIC 2132Spiral11 million ly
apartIC 416Barred spiral11 million ly
apartIC 400Galaxy12 million ly
apartNGC 1821Irregular13 million ly
apartNGC 1954Barred spiral14 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 2132Spiral11 million ly
apartIC 416Barred spiral11 million ly
apartIC 400Galaxy12 million ly
apartNGC 1821Irregular13 million ly
apartNGC 1954Barred spiral14 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).