IC 2467
IC 2467
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
387 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
107k ly
across
14.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 387 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 2467 as it looked roughly 387 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 2838Elliptical8.5 million ly
apartIC 2468Lenticular9.6 million ly
apartIC 2491Lenticular29 million ly
apartNGC 2839Elliptical32 million ly
apartNGC 2825Spiral35 million ly
apartNGC 2840Barred spiral44 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 2468Lenticular9.6 million ly
apartIC 2491Lenticular29 million ly
apartNGC 2839Elliptical32 million ly
apartNGC 2825Spiral35 million ly
apartNGC 2840Barred spiral44 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).