IC 2401
IC 2401
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
569 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
185k ly
across
14.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 569 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 2401 as it looked roughly 569 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 2427Elliptical72 million ly
apartNGC 2484Lenticular97 million ly
apartIC 2376Elliptical100 million ly
apartNGC 2537ASpiral100 million ly
apartIC 2496Barred spiral110 million ly
apartIC 2483Barred spiral110 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 2484Lenticular97 million ly
apartIC 2376Elliptical100 million ly
apartNGC 2537ASpiral100 million ly
apartIC 2496Barred spiral110 million ly
apartIC 2483Barred spiral110 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).