IC 2470
IC 2470
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
439 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
129k ly
across
15.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 439 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 2470 as it looked roughly 439 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 2463Spiral7.4 million ly
apartIC 2462Barred spiral12 million ly
apartIC 2464Spiral17 million ly
apartIC 2466Elliptical23 million ly
apartIC 2474Barred spiral31 million ly
apartIC 2453Spiral32 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 2462Barred spiral12 million ly
apartIC 2464Spiral17 million ly
apartIC 2466Elliptical23 million ly
apartIC 2474Barred spiral31 million ly
apartIC 2453Spiral32 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).