NGC 1450
NGC 1450
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E-S0
527 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
139k ly
across
15.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 527 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1450 as it looked roughly 527 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
IC 325Spiral43 million ly
apartIC 352Lenticular46 million ly
apartNGC 1434Lenticular57 million ly
apartNGC 1477Elliptical61 million ly
apartNGC 1447Lenticular62 million ly
apartNGC 1475Galaxy62 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 352Lenticular46 million ly
apartNGC 1434Lenticular57 million ly
apartNGC 1477Elliptical61 million ly
apartNGC 1447Lenticular62 million ly
apartNGC 1475Galaxy62 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).