IC 2446
IC 2446
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sa
370 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
161k ly
across
13.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 370 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 2446 as it looked roughly 370 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 2476Elliptical21 million ly
apartIC 2478Elliptical22 million ly
apartIC 2477Lenticular22 million ly
apartIC 2473Barred spiral23 million ly
apartIC 2479Barred spiral27 million ly
apartIC 536Spiral32 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 2478Elliptical22 million ly
apartIC 2477Lenticular22 million ly
apartIC 2473Barred spiral23 million ly
apartIC 2479Barred spiral27 million ly
apartIC 536Spiral32 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).