IC 2450
IC 2450
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
77 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
30k ly
across
13.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 77 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 2450 as it looked roughly 77 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 2893Lenticular6.9 million ly
apartNGC 2970Elliptical12 million ly
apartNGC 3032Lenticular12 million ly
apartNGC 2968Spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 2859Lenticular13 million ly
apartNGC 3026Barred spiral13 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 2970Elliptical12 million ly
apartNGC 3032Lenticular12 million ly
apartNGC 2968Spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 2859Lenticular13 million ly
apartNGC 3026Barred spiral13 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).