IC 2389
IC 2389
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBb
111 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
42k ly
across
13.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 111 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 2389 as it looked roughly 111 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
NGC 2551Lenticular4.3 million ly
apartNGC 2634Elliptical4.8 million ly
apartNGC 2550Barred spiral6.5 million ly
apartIC 529Spiral7.0 million ly
apartNGC 2938Spiral9.4 million ly
apartNGC 2633Barred spiral10 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 2634Elliptical4.8 million ly
apartNGC 2550Barred spiral6.5 million ly
apartIC 529Spiral7.0 million ly
apartNGC 2938Spiral9.4 million ly
apartNGC 2633Barred spiral10 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).