IC 449
IC 449
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
177 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
91k ly
across
13.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 177 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 449 as it looked roughly 177 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 2258Lenticular13 million ly
apartIC 2174Barred spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 2314Elliptical14 million ly
apartIC 2184 NED02Spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 1961Spiral19 million ly
apartNGC 2523BBarred spiral21 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 2174Barred spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 2314Elliptical14 million ly
apartIC 2184 NED02Spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 1961Spiral19 million ly
apartNGC 2523BBarred spiral21 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).