IC 2312 NED01
IC 2312 NED01
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sbc
1.2 billion ly
from Earth · from redshift
151k ly
across
16.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 1.2 billion ly from home, you are seeing IC 2312 NED01 as it looked roughly 1.2 billion 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 2402Lenticular360 million ly
apartNGC 2491Galaxy360 million ly
apartIC 490Barred spiral380 million ly
apartIC 2221Elliptical410 million ly
apartNGC 2647Lenticular420 million ly
apartNGC 2734Lenticular450 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 2491Galaxy360 million ly
apartIC 490Barred spiral380 million ly
apartIC 2221Elliptical410 million ly
apartNGC 2647Lenticular420 million ly
apartNGC 2734Lenticular450 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).