IC 2404
IC 2404
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
372 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
82k ly
across
14.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 372 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 2404 as it looked roughly 372 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 2384Lenticular28 million ly
apartNGC 2620Spiral34 million ly
apartIC 2446Spiral36 million ly
apartNGC 2622Barred spiral45 million ly
apartNGC 2621Spiral47 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 2384Lenticular28 million ly
apartNGC 2620Spiral34 million ly
apartIC 2446Spiral36 million ly
apartNGC 2622Barred spiral45 million ly
apartNGC 2621Spiral47 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).