NGC 1415
NGC 1415
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
73 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
79k ly
across
11.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 73 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1415 as it looked roughly 73 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 1401Lenticular1.3 million ly
apartNGC 1414Barred spiral1.7 million ly
apartNGC 1438Spiral1.7 million ly
apartNGC 1422Barred spiral3.3 million ly
apartNGC 1353Barred spiral3.6 million ly
apartNGC 1385Spiral3.7 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1414Barred spiral1.7 million ly
apartNGC 1438Spiral1.7 million ly
apartNGC 1422Barred spiral3.3 million ly
apartNGC 1353Barred spiral3.6 million ly
apartNGC 1385Spiral3.7 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).