IC 2414
IC 2414
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
204 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
34k ly
across
15.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 204 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 2414 as it looked roughly 204 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 2672Elliptical2.1 million ly
apartNGC 2667BBarred spiral2.1 million ly
apartNGC 2677Elliptical5.8 million ly
apartNGC 2643Lenticular12 million ly
apartNGC 2625Barred spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 2751Barred spiral13 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 2667BBarred spiral2.1 million ly
apartNGC 2677Elliptical5.8 million ly
apartNGC 2643Lenticular12 million ly
apartNGC 2625Barred spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 2751Barred spiral13 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).