IC 2309
IC 2309
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
537 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
119k ly
across
16.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 537 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 2309 as it looked roughly 537 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 2337Lenticular6.5 million ly
apartIC 2226Spiral69 million ly
apartIC 2307Lenticular69 million ly
apartIC 2388Lenticular83 million ly
apartNGC 2637Barred spiral95 million ly
apartIC 478Barred spiral95 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 2226Spiral69 million ly
apartIC 2307Lenticular69 million ly
apartIC 2388Lenticular83 million ly
apartNGC 2637Barred spiral95 million ly
apartIC 478Barred spiral95 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).