IC 2463
IC 2463
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sab
438 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
69k ly
across
15.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 438 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 2463 as it looked roughly 438 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 2470Lenticular7.4 million ly
apartIC 2462Barred spiral9.0 million ly
apartIC 2464Spiral16 million ly
apartIC 2453Spiral26 million ly
apartIC 2466Elliptical27 million ly
apartNGC 2812Barred spiral29 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 2462Barred spiral9.0 million ly
apartIC 2464Spiral16 million ly
apartIC 2453Spiral26 million ly
apartIC 2466Elliptical27 million ly
apartNGC 2812Barred spiral29 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).