IC 2307
IC 2307
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
605 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
150k ly
across
15.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 605 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 2307 as it looked roughly 605 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 2309Spiral69 million ly
apartIC 2218Elliptical70 million ly
apartIC 2337Lenticular72 million ly
apartIC 477Elliptical88 million ly
apartIC 2376Elliptical120 million ly
apartIC 478Barred spiral120 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 2218Elliptical70 million ly
apartIC 2337Lenticular72 million ly
apartIC 477Elliptical88 million ly
apartIC 2376Elliptical120 million ly
apartIC 478Barred spiral120 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).