IC 2430
IC 2430
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
140 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
39k ly
across
14.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 140 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 2430 as it looked roughly 140 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 2429Spiral3.4 million ly
apartNGC 2743Spiral7.3 million ly
apartNGC 2753Barred spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 2824Lenticular14 million ly
apartNGC 2738Barred spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 2737Spiral15 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 2743Spiral7.3 million ly
apartNGC 2753Barred spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 2824Lenticular14 million ly
apartNGC 2738Barred spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 2737Spiral15 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).