IC 2433
IC 2433
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
505 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
120k ly
across
15.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 505 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 2433 as it looked roughly 505 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 2441 NED01Elliptical13 million ly
apartIC 2442Barred spiral17 million ly
apartIC 2465Lenticular45 million ly
apartIC 2466Elliptical59 million ly
apartIC 2464Spiral61 million ly
apartIC 2443Lenticular63 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 2442Barred spiral17 million ly
apartIC 2465Lenticular45 million ly
apartIC 2466Elliptical59 million ly
apartIC 2464Spiral61 million ly
apartIC 2443Lenticular63 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).