IC 2429
IC 2429
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sab
140 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
24k ly
across
14.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 140 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 2429 as it looked roughly 140 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 2430Lenticular3.4 million ly
apartNGC 2743Spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 2753Barred spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 2824Lenticular16 million ly
apartNGC 2719AIrregular16 million ly
apartNGC 2719Irregular18 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 2743Spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 2753Barred spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 2824Lenticular16 million ly
apartNGC 2719AIrregular16 million ly
apartNGC 2719Irregular18 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).