IC 2478
IC 2478
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
373 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
62k ly
across
15.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 373 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 2478 as it looked roughly 373 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 2476Elliptical410,000 ly
apartIC 2477Lenticular3.0 million ly
apartIC 2473Barred spiral4.4 million ly
apartIC 2479Barred spiral14 million ly
apartIC 2446Spiral22 million ly
apartNGC 2825Spiral27 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 2477Lenticular3.0 million ly
apartIC 2473Barred spiral4.4 million ly
apartIC 2479Barred spiral14 million ly
apartIC 2446Spiral22 million ly
apartNGC 2825Spiral27 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).