IC 2493
IC 2493
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
288 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
81k ly
across
14.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 288 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 2493 as it looked roughly 288 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 2500Barred spiral20 million ly
apartIC 2515Barred spiral25 million ly
apartNGC 2830Lenticular25 million ly
apartNGC 2965Lenticular26 million ly
apartNGC 2826Lenticular27 million ly
apartIC 2519Elliptical27 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 2515Barred spiral25 million ly
apartNGC 2830Lenticular25 million ly
apartNGC 2965Lenticular26 million ly
apartNGC 2826Lenticular27 million ly
apartIC 2519Elliptical27 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).