IC 2329
IC 2329
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · SABd
97 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
57k ly
across
14.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 97 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 2329 as it looked roughly 97 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 2577Elliptical5.5 million ly
apartIC 2256Spiral8.4 million ly
apartIC 2267Spiral9.2 million ly
apartIC 2268Elliptical9.3 million ly
apartIC 2271Elliptical11 million ly
apartNGC 2592Elliptical12 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 2256Spiral8.4 million ly
apartIC 2267Spiral9.2 million ly
apartIC 2268Elliptical9.3 million ly
apartIC 2271Elliptical11 million ly
apartNGC 2592Elliptical12 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).