IC 2361
IC 2361
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBab
102 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
46k ly
across
14.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 102 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 2361 as it looked roughly 102 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 2608Barred spiral4.7 million ly
apartNGC 2604BSpiral5.8 million ly
apartIC 508Barred spiral5.8 million ly
apartNGC 2604Barred spiral6.5 million ly
apartIC 2271Elliptical7.0 million ly
apartIC 2268Elliptical8.3 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 2604BSpiral5.8 million ly
apartIC 508Barred spiral5.8 million ly
apartNGC 2604Barred spiral6.5 million ly
apartIC 2271Elliptical7.0 million ly
apartIC 2268Elliptical8.3 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).