IC 2466
IC 2466
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E-S0
460 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
111k ly
across
15.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 460 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 2466 as it looked roughly 460 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 2464Spiral16 million ly
apartIC 2465Lenticular22 million ly
apartIC 2470Lenticular23 million ly
apartIC 2463Spiral27 million ly
apartIC 2462Barred spiral34 million ly
apartIC 2495Spiral40 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 2465Lenticular22 million ly
apartIC 2470Lenticular23 million ly
apartIC 2463Spiral27 million ly
apartIC 2462Barred spiral34 million ly
apartIC 2495Spiral40 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).