IC 2393
IC 2393
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
293 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
101k ly
across
14.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 293 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 2393 as it looked roughly 293 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 2394Barred spiral2.1 million ly
apartIC 2435Elliptical25 million ly
apartIC 2365Lenticular25 million ly
apartNGC 2789Lenticular33 million ly
apartIC 2444Lenticular33 million ly
apartIC 2382Lenticular38 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 2435Elliptical25 million ly
apartIC 2365Lenticular25 million ly
apartNGC 2789Lenticular33 million ly
apartIC 2444Lenticular33 million ly
apartIC 2382Lenticular38 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).