IC 2402
IC 2402
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
940 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
224k ly
across
15.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 940 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 2402 as it looked roughly 940 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 2374Barred spiral190 million ly
apartIC 490Barred spiral210 million ly
apartIC 2380Lenticular210 million ly
apartIC 2234Elliptical220 million ly
apartIC 2378Elliptical250 million ly
apartNGC 2647Lenticular250 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 490Barred spiral210 million ly
apartIC 2380Lenticular210 million ly
apartIC 2234Elliptical220 million ly
apartIC 2378Elliptical250 million ly
apartNGC 2647Lenticular250 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).