IC 2348
IC 2348
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sab
278 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
53k ly
across
15.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 278 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 2348 as it looked roughly 278 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 2581Spiral9.6 million ly
apartIC 2382Lenticular11 million ly
apartIC 2290Spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 2596Barred spiral16 million ly
apartIC 2239Lenticular20 million ly
apartNGC 2593Lenticular24 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 2382Lenticular11 million ly
apartIC 2290Spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 2596Barred spiral16 million ly
apartIC 2239Lenticular20 million ly
apartNGC 2593Lenticular24 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).