IC 2341
IC 2341
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E-S0
239 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
82k ly
across
14.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 239 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 2341 as it looked roughly 239 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 2569Elliptical3.4 million ly
apartNGC 2562Lenticular4.7 million ly
apartNGC 2558Spiral9.1 million ly
apartIC 2339Spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 2560Lenticular12 million ly
apartIC 2338Barred spiral13 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 2562Lenticular4.7 million ly
apartNGC 2558Spiral9.1 million ly
apartIC 2339Spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 2560Lenticular12 million ly
apartIC 2338Barred spiral13 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).