IC 2431 NED01
IC 2431 NED01
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Scd
693 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
8k ly
across
17.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 693 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 2431 NED01 as it looked roughly 693 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
BrowningIrregular3.4 million ly
apartNGC 2734Lenticular76 million ly
apartNGC 2647Lenticular120 million ly
apartIC 2307Lenticular160 million ly
apartIC 519Elliptical160 million ly
apartIC 2486Barred spiral170 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 2734Lenticular76 million ly
apartNGC 2647Lenticular120 million ly
apartIC 2307Lenticular160 million ly
apartIC 519Elliptical160 million ly
apartIC 2486Barred spiral170 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).