NGC 1417
NGC 1417
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · SABb
193 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
141k ly
across
12.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 193 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1417 as it looked roughly 193 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 1441Barred spiral4.2 million ly
apartNGC 1376Spiral4.7 million ly
apartNGC 1449Lenticular4.7 million ly
apartNGC 1418Barred spiral5.2 million ly
apartNGC 1358Lenticular8.6 million ly
apartNGC 1451Elliptical9.9 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1376Spiral4.7 million ly
apartNGC 1449Lenticular4.7 million ly
apartNGC 1418Barred spiral5.2 million ly
apartNGC 1358Lenticular8.6 million ly
apartNGC 1451Elliptical9.9 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).