IC 2443
IC 2443
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
473 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
91k ly
across
14.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 473 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 2443 as it looked roughly 473 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 2466Elliptical44 million ly
apartIC 2465Lenticular44 million ly
apartIC 2475Barred spiral45 million ly
apartIC 2495Spiral49 million ly
apartIC 2498Barred spiral55 million ly
apartIC 2464Spiral58 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 2465Lenticular44 million ly
apartIC 2475Barred spiral45 million ly
apartIC 2495Spiral49 million ly
apartIC 2498Barred spiral55 million ly
apartIC 2464Spiral58 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).