IC 2427
IC 2427
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
636 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
137k ly
across
15.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 636 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 2427 as it looked roughly 636 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 2401Lenticular72 million ly
apartIC 2496Barred spiral110 million ly
apartIC 2483Barred spiral110 million ly
apartIC 2376Elliptical110 million ly
apartIC 2383Elliptical110 million ly
apartIC 2497Barred spiral120 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 2496Barred spiral110 million ly
apartIC 2483Barred spiral110 million ly
apartIC 2376Elliptical110 million ly
apartIC 2383Elliptical110 million ly
apartIC 2497Barred spiral120 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).