IC 2492
IC 2492
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sab
121 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
27k ly
across
15.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 121 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 2492 as it looked roughly 121 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 2845Lenticular6.7 million ly
apartNGC 3087Elliptical13 million ly
apartIC 2523Barred spiral14 million ly
apartIC 2510Barred spiral14 million ly
apartIC 2526Lenticular16 million ly
apartNGC 3038Barred spiral17 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3087Elliptical13 million ly
apartIC 2523Barred spiral14 million ly
apartIC 2510Barred spiral14 million ly
apartIC 2526Lenticular16 million ly
apartNGC 3038Barred spiral17 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).