IC 2461
IC 2461
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sb
105 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
74k ly
across
14.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 105 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 2461 as it looked roughly 105 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 2779Lenticular5.9 million ly
apartNGC 2778Elliptical11 million ly
apartNGC 2780Barred spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 2782Spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 2770Spiral17 million ly
apartIC 2445Barred spiral18 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 2778Elliptical11 million ly
apartNGC 2780Barred spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 2782Spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 2770Spiral17 million ly
apartIC 2445Barred spiral18 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).