IC 2407
IC 2407
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sbc
288 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
105k ly
across
15.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 288 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 2407 as it looked roughly 288 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 2392Spiral6.2 million ly
apartIC 2409Spiral7.3 million ly
apartNGC 2711Barred spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 2596Barred spiral27 million ly
apartNGC 2593Lenticular27 million ly
apartNGC 2581Spiral30 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 2409Spiral7.3 million ly
apartNGC 2711Barred spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 2596Barred spiral27 million ly
apartNGC 2593Lenticular27 million ly
apartNGC 2581Spiral30 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).