NGC 1476
NGC 1476
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sa
79 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
35k ly
across
13.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 79 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1476 as it looked roughly 79 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 1986Spiral7.4 million ly
apartIC 2009Irregular8.1 million ly
apartNGC 1419Elliptical10 million ly
apartIC 2035Elliptical12 million ly
apartNGC 1365Barred spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 1316CLenticular13 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 2009Irregular8.1 million ly
apartNGC 1419Elliptical10 million ly
apartIC 2035Elliptical12 million ly
apartNGC 1365Barred spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 1316CLenticular13 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).