IC 2474
IC 2474
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sbc
409 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
70k ly
across
15.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 409 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 2474 as it looked roughly 409 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 2462Barred spiral22 million ly
apartIC 2453Spiral27 million ly
apartIC 2457Barred spiral27 million ly
apartNGC 2813Lenticular27 million ly
apartNGC 2812Barred spiral30 million ly
apartIC 2470Lenticular31 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 2453Spiral27 million ly
apartIC 2457Barred spiral27 million ly
apartNGC 2813Lenticular27 million ly
apartNGC 2812Barred spiral30 million ly
apartIC 2470Lenticular31 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).