IC 2459
IC 2459
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
326 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
63k ly
across
15.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 326 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 2459 as it looked roughly 326 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 2456Elliptical2.7 million ly
apartNGC 2827Spiral5.6 million ly
apartNGC 2834Elliptical6.7 million ly
apartNGC 2823Spiral7.9 million ly
apartNGC 2832Elliptical8.8 million ly
apartNGC 2829 NED02Elliptical9.0 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 2827Spiral5.6 million ly
apartNGC 2834Elliptical6.7 million ly
apartNGC 2823Spiral7.9 million ly
apartNGC 2832Elliptical8.8 million ly
apartNGC 2829 NED02Elliptical9.0 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).