IC 2457
IC 2457
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBab
404 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
65k ly
across
16.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 404 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 2457 as it looked roughly 404 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 2813Lenticular2.2 million ly
apartNGC 2802Lenticular8.7 million ly
apartNGC 2809Lenticular15 million ly
apartNGC 2812Barred spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 2774Elliptical16 million ly
apartIC 2454Spiral16 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 2802Lenticular8.7 million ly
apartNGC 2809Lenticular15 million ly
apartNGC 2812Barred spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 2774Elliptical16 million ly
apartIC 2454Spiral16 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).