IC 2473
IC 2473
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sbc
376 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
118k ly
across
14.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 376 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 2473 as it looked roughly 376 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 2478Elliptical4.4 million ly
apartIC 2476Elliptical4.7 million ly
apartIC 2477Lenticular5.2 million ly
apartIC 2479Barred spiral11 million ly
apartIC 2446Spiral23 million ly
apartNGC 2839Elliptical24 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 2476Elliptical4.7 million ly
apartIC 2477Lenticular5.2 million ly
apartIC 2479Barred spiral11 million ly
apartIC 2446Spiral23 million ly
apartNGC 2839Elliptical24 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).