IC 2239
IC 2239
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
283 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
69k ly
across
15.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 283 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 2239 as it looked roughly 283 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 493Barred spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 2540Spiral14 million ly
apartIC 2382Lenticular19 million ly
apartIC 2348Spiral20 million ly
apartIC 2365Lenticular24 million ly
apartIC 491Spiral28 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 2540Spiral14 million ly
apartIC 2382Lenticular19 million ly
apartIC 2348Spiral20 million ly
apartIC 2365Lenticular24 million ly
apartIC 491Spiral28 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).