IC 2431 NED02
IC 2431 NED02
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Irregular
type · I
697 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
122k ly
across
14.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 697 million ly from home, you are seeing Browning as it looked roughly 697 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 2431 NED01Spiral3.4 million ly
apartNGC 2734Lenticular73 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 2734Lenticular73 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).