IC 2421
IC 2421
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
204 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
84k ly
across
13.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 204 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 2421 as it looked roughly 204 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 2428Spiral10 million ly
apartIC 2439Spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 2649Spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 2766Barred spiral17 million ly
apartNGC 2691Spiral29 million ly
apartNGC 2638Lenticular30 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 2439Spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 2649Spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 2766Barred spiral17 million ly
apartNGC 2691Spiral29 million ly
apartNGC 2638Lenticular30 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).