IC 458
IC 458
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E-S0
299 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
78k ly
across
14.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 299 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 458 as it looked roughly 299 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 2322Barred spiral6.9 million ly
apartNGC 2321Spiral8.8 million ly
apartIC 460Galaxy9.8 million ly
apartNGC 2334Lenticular13 million ly
apartNGC 2326ASpiral13 million ly
apartNGC 2315Lenticular14 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 2321Spiral8.8 million ly
apartIC 460Galaxy9.8 million ly
apartNGC 2334Lenticular13 million ly
apartNGC 2326ASpiral13 million ly
apartNGC 2315Lenticular14 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).