IC 2442
IC 2442
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sb
519 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
125k ly
across
15.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 519 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 2442 as it looked roughly 519 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 NED01Elliptical5.1 million ly
apartIC 2433Spiral17 million ly
apartIC 2465Lenticular48 million ly
apartIC 2466Elliptical66 million ly
apartIC 2443Lenticular69 million ly
apartIC 2464Spiral70 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 2433Spiral17 million ly
apartIC 2465Lenticular48 million ly
apartIC 2466Elliptical66 million ly
apartIC 2443Lenticular69 million ly
apartIC 2464Spiral70 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).