NGC 1489
NGC 1489
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBb
549 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
270k ly
across
13.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 549 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1489 as it looked roughly 549 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 2063Spiral71 million ly
apartIC 1975Galaxy85 million ly
apartIC 326Elliptical98 million ly
apartNGC 1450Elliptical100 million ly
apartIC 375Barred spiral110 million ly
apartNGC 1327Barred spiral110 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 1975Galaxy85 million ly
apartIC 326Elliptical98 million ly
apartNGC 1450Elliptical100 million ly
apartIC 375Barred spiral110 million ly
apartNGC 1327Barred spiral110 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).