IC 2465
IC 2465
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
482 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
136k ly
across
15.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 482 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 2465 as it looked roughly 482 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 2466Elliptical22 million ly
apartIC 2464Spiral31 million ly
apartIC 2495Spiral42 million ly
apartIC 2443Lenticular44 million ly
apartIC 2441 NED01Elliptical44 million ly
apartIC 2470Lenticular44 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 2464Spiral31 million ly
apartIC 2495Spiral42 million ly
apartIC 2443Lenticular44 million ly
apartIC 2441 NED01Elliptical44 million ly
apartIC 2470Lenticular44 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).