IC 2490
IC 2490
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · SABb
342 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
96k ly
across
14.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 342 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 2490 as it looked roughly 342 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 2796Spiral28 million ly
apartNGC 2944 NED01Barred spiral28 million ly
apartNGC 2918Elliptical29 million ly
apartNGC 2833Spiral29 million ly
apartNGC 2829 NED02Elliptical29 million ly
apartNGC 2823Spiral31 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 2944 NED01Barred spiral28 million ly
apartNGC 2918Elliptical29 million ly
apartNGC 2833Spiral29 million ly
apartNGC 2829 NED02Elliptical29 million ly
apartNGC 2823Spiral31 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).