IC 2387
IC 2387
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
358 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
121k ly
across
14.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 358 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 2387 as it looked roughly 358 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 2404Lenticular21 million ly
apartIC 2384Lenticular21 million ly
apartNGC 2620Spiral37 million ly
apartNGC 2668Spiral40 million ly
apartIC 2405Barred spiral42 million ly
apartIC 501Barred spiral48 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 2384Lenticular21 million ly
apartNGC 2620Spiral37 million ly
apartNGC 2668Spiral40 million ly
apartIC 2405Barred spiral42 million ly
apartIC 501Barred spiral48 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).