IC 2422
IC 2422
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
435 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
84k ly
across
15.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 435 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 2422 as it looked roughly 435 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 2423Barred spiral8.3 million ly
apartIC 2398Lenticular24 million ly
apartNGC 2637Barred spiral29 million ly
apartNGC 2752Barred spiral33 million ly
apartNGC 2761Spiral39 million ly
apartIC 2388Lenticular40 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 2398Lenticular24 million ly
apartNGC 2637Barred spiral29 million ly
apartNGC 2752Barred spiral33 million ly
apartNGC 2761Spiral39 million ly
apartIC 2388Lenticular40 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).