IC 2444
IC 2444
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
303 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
72k ly
across
15.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 303 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 2444 as it looked roughly 303 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 2789Lenticular8.4 million ly
apartNGC 2783Elliptical11 million ly
apartNGC 2783BBarred spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 2826Lenticular21 million ly
apartNGC 2828Lenticular21 million ly
apartNGC 2796Spiral22 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 2783Elliptical11 million ly
apartNGC 2783BBarred spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 2826Lenticular21 million ly
apartNGC 2828Lenticular21 million ly
apartNGC 2796Spiral22 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).