IC 2406
IC 2406
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
218 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
104k ly
across
14.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 218 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 2406 as it looked roughly 218 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 2643Lenticular11 million ly
apartNGC 2625Barred spiral13 million ly
apartIC 2414Elliptical15 million ly
apartNGC 2667BBarred spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 2672Elliptical17 million ly
apartNGC 2677Elliptical20 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 2625Barred spiral13 million ly
apartIC 2414Elliptical15 million ly
apartNGC 2667BBarred spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 2672Elliptical17 million ly
apartNGC 2677Elliptical20 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).