IC 2398
IC 2398
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
428 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
80k ly
across
15.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 428 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 2398 as it looked roughly 428 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 2423Barred spiral23 million ly
apartIC 2422Elliptical24 million ly
apartNGC 2637Barred spiral30 million ly
apartNGC 2752Barred spiral37 million ly
apartIC 2388Lenticular41 million ly
apartNGC 2761Spiral42 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 2422Elliptical24 million ly
apartNGC 2637Barred spiral30 million ly
apartNGC 2752Barred spiral37 million ly
apartIC 2388Lenticular41 million ly
apartNGC 2761Spiral42 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).