IC 2487
IC 2487
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sb
202 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
108k ly
across
14.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 202 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 2487 as it looked roughly 202 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 2933Barred spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 2896Lenticular14 million ly
apartNGC 2751Barred spiral22 million ly
apartNGC 2749Elliptical22 million ly
apartNGC 2747Lenticular22 million ly
apartNGC 2862Barred spiral26 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 2896Lenticular14 million ly
apartNGC 2751Barred spiral22 million ly
apartNGC 2749Elliptical22 million ly
apartNGC 2747Lenticular22 million ly
apartNGC 2862Barred spiral26 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).