IC 2435
IC 2435
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
288 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
74k ly
across
15.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 288 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 2435 as it looked roughly 288 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
NGC 2789Lenticular21 million ly
apartIC 2393Elliptical25 million ly
apartIC 2394Barred spiral26 million ly
apartIC 2444Lenticular26 million ly
apartIC 545Spiral34 million ly
apartNGC 2783Elliptical34 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 2393Elliptical25 million ly
apartIC 2394Barred spiral26 million ly
apartIC 2444Lenticular26 million ly
apartIC 545Spiral34 million ly
apartNGC 2783Elliptical34 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).