IC 2392
IC 2392
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
291 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
52k ly
across
14.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 291 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 2392 as it looked roughly 291 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 2409Spiral5.8 million ly
apartIC 2407Barred spiral6.2 million ly
apartNGC 2711Barred spiral17 million ly
apartNGC 2593Lenticular23 million ly
apartNGC 2596Barred spiral25 million ly
apartIC 2382Lenticular27 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 2407Barred spiral6.2 million ly
apartNGC 2711Barred spiral17 million ly
apartNGC 2593Lenticular23 million ly
apartNGC 2596Barred spiral25 million ly
apartIC 2382Lenticular27 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).