IC 2373
IC 2373
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
351 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
60k ly
across
14.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 351 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 2373 as it looked roughly 351 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 2363Barred spiral6.1 million ly
apartNGC 2572Barred spiral23 million ly
apartIC 501Barred spiral28 million ly
apartIC 2340Elliptical29 million ly
apartIC 2254Lenticular31 million ly
apartNGC 2620Spiral35 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 2572Barred spiral23 million ly
apartIC 501Barred spiral28 million ly
apartIC 2340Elliptical29 million ly
apartIC 2254Lenticular31 million ly
apartNGC 2620Spiral35 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).