IC 2434
IC 2434
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBbc
335 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
127k ly
across
14.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 335 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 2434 as it looked roughly 335 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 527Barred spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 2759Elliptical12 million ly
apartNGC 2746Spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 2704Spiral18 million ly
apartIC 2456Elliptical20 million ly
apartIC 2459Elliptical21 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 2759Elliptical12 million ly
apartNGC 2746Spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 2704Spiral18 million ly
apartIC 2456Elliptical20 million ly
apartIC 2459Elliptical21 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).