IC 2374
IC 2374
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBb
761 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
117k ly
across
15.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 761 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 2374 as it looked roughly 761 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 2380Lenticular26 million ly
apartIC 2378Elliptical58 million ly
apartIC 2234Elliptical78 million ly
apartIC 2383Elliptical96 million ly
apartIC 490Barred spiral120 million ly
apartIC 2376Elliptical140 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 2378Elliptical58 million ly
apartIC 2234Elliptical78 million ly
apartIC 2383Elliptical96 million ly
apartIC 490Barred spiral120 million ly
apartIC 2376Elliptical140 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).