IC 2477
IC 2477
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
375 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
65k ly
across
14.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 375 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 2477 as it looked roughly 375 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 2476Elliptical2.9 million ly
apartIC 2478Elliptical3.0 million ly
apartIC 2473Barred spiral5.2 million ly
apartIC 2479Barred spiral12 million ly
apartIC 2446Spiral22 million ly
apartNGC 2825Spiral29 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 2478Elliptical3.0 million ly
apartIC 2473Barred spiral5.2 million ly
apartIC 2479Barred spiral12 million ly
apartIC 2446Spiral22 million ly
apartNGC 2825Spiral29 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).