IC 2384
IC 2384
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
376 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
96k ly
across
15.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 376 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 2384 as it looked roughly 376 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 2387Spiral21 million ly
apartIC 2404Lenticular28 million ly
apartIC 2400Spiral41 million ly
apartIC 2405Barred spiral42 million ly
apartNGC 2668Spiral42 million ly
apartNGC 2576Spiral50 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 2404Lenticular28 million ly
apartIC 2400Spiral41 million ly
apartIC 2405Barred spiral42 million ly
apartNGC 2668Spiral42 million ly
apartNGC 2576Spiral50 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).