NGC 1463
NGC 1463
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sa
295 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
108k ly
across
13.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 295 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1463 as it looked roughly 295 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 2022Spiral22 million ly
apartIC 2020Spiral31 million ly
apartIC 2060Elliptical32 million ly
apartIC 2017Lenticular36 million ly
apartNGC 1503Lenticular40 million ly
apartIC 1997Spiral41 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 2020Spiral31 million ly
apartIC 2060Elliptical32 million ly
apartIC 2017Lenticular36 million ly
apartNGC 1503Lenticular40 million ly
apartIC 1997Spiral41 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).