IC 2423
IC 2423
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sb
427 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
104k ly
across
14.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 427 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 2423 as it looked roughly 427 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 2422Elliptical8.3 million ly
apartIC 2398Lenticular23 million ly
apartNGC 2752Barred spiral27 million ly
apartNGC 2761Spiral33 million ly
apartNGC 2637Barred spiral35 million ly
apartIC 2453Spiral38 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 2398Lenticular23 million ly
apartNGC 2752Barred spiral27 million ly
apartNGC 2761Spiral33 million ly
apartNGC 2637Barred spiral35 million ly
apartIC 2453Spiral38 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).