IC 2394
IC 2394
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sb
295 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
58k ly
across
15.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 295 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 2394 as it looked roughly 295 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 2393Elliptical2.1 million ly
apartIC 2435Elliptical26 million ly
apartIC 2365Lenticular27 million ly
apartIC 2444Lenticular32 million ly
apartNGC 2789Lenticular32 million ly
apartNGC 2783Elliptical37 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 2435Elliptical26 million ly
apartIC 2365Lenticular27 million ly
apartIC 2444Lenticular32 million ly
apartNGC 2789Lenticular32 million ly
apartNGC 2783Elliptical37 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).