IC 2472
IC 2472
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBbc
363 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
66k ly
across
15.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 363 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 2472 as it looked roughly 363 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 2885Lenticular12 million ly
apartNGC 2801Spiral17 million ly
apartNGC 2790Lenticular20 million ly
apartNGC 2807BLenticular23 million ly
apartNGC 2929Barred spiral23 million ly
apartNGC 2927Barred spiral24 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 2801Spiral17 million ly
apartNGC 2790Lenticular20 million ly
apartNGC 2807BLenticular23 million ly
apartNGC 2929Barred spiral23 million ly
apartNGC 2927Barred spiral24 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).