IC 2380
IC 2380
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
735 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
171k ly
across
14.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 735 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 2380 as it looked roughly 735 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 2374Barred spiral26 million ly
apartIC 2378Elliptical32 million ly
apartIC 2383Elliptical69 million ly
apartIC 2234Elliptical81 million ly
apartIC 2376Elliptical110 million ly
apartIC 490Barred spiral140 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 2378Elliptical32 million ly
apartIC 2383Elliptical69 million ly
apartIC 2234Elliptical81 million ly
apartIC 2376Elliptical110 million ly
apartIC 490Barred spiral140 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).