IC 2437
IC 2437
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E-S0
246 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
128k ly
across
12.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 246 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 2437 as it looked roughly 246 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
NGC 2754Lenticular15 million ly
apartNGC 2851Lenticular22 million ly
apartNGC 2674Spiral27 million ly
apartIC 2403Lenticular28 million ly
apartNGC 2890Elliptical30 million ly
apartNGC 2881 NED02Galaxy38 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 2851Lenticular22 million ly
apartNGC 2674Spiral27 million ly
apartIC 2403Lenticular28 million ly
apartNGC 2890Elliptical30 million ly
apartNGC 2881 NED02Galaxy38 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).