NGC 1481
NGC 1481
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E-S0
81 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
24k ly
across
14.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 81 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1481 as it looked roughly 81 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 1439Elliptical4.6 million ly
apartNGC 1407Elliptical6.0 million ly
apartNGC 1377Lenticular6.3 million ly
apartNGC 1452Lenticular6.4 million ly
apartNGC 1395Elliptical6.6 million ly
apartNGC 1422Barred spiral6.6 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1407Elliptical6.0 million ly
apartNGC 1377Lenticular6.3 million ly
apartNGC 1452Lenticular6.4 million ly
apartNGC 1395Elliptical6.6 million ly
apartNGC 1422Barred spiral6.6 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).