IC 2363
IC 2363
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sbc
353 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
85k ly
across
14.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 353 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 2363 as it looked roughly 353 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 2373Spiral6.1 million ly
apartNGC 2572Barred spiral20 million ly
apartIC 2340Elliptical25 million ly
apartIC 501Barred spiral33 million ly
apartIC 2254Lenticular35 million ly
apartNGC 2620Spiral40 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 2572Barred spiral20 million ly
apartIC 2340Elliptical25 million ly
apartIC 501Barred spiral33 million ly
apartIC 2254Lenticular35 million ly
apartNGC 2620Spiral40 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).