IC 2464
IC 2464
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sab
455 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
106k ly
across
15.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 455 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 2464 as it looked roughly 455 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 2466Elliptical16 million ly
apartIC 2463Spiral16 million ly
apartIC 2470Lenticular17 million ly
apartIC 2462Barred spiral25 million ly
apartIC 2465Lenticular31 million ly
apartIC 2453Spiral40 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 2463Spiral16 million ly
apartIC 2470Lenticular17 million ly
apartIC 2462Barred spiral25 million ly
apartIC 2465Lenticular31 million ly
apartIC 2453Spiral40 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).