IC 2367
IC 2367
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sb
114 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
81k ly
across
12.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 114 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 2367 as it looked roughly 114 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 2501Lenticular19 million ly
apartNGC 2717Elliptical21 million ly
apartNGC 2811Barred spiral25 million ly
apartNGC 2815Barred spiral27 million ly
apartNGC 2781Lenticular29 million ly
apartNGC 2758Barred spiral29 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 2717Elliptical21 million ly
apartNGC 2811Barred spiral25 million ly
apartNGC 2815Barred spiral27 million ly
apartNGC 2781Lenticular29 million ly
apartNGC 2758Barred spiral29 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).