Caldwell 24
C24
📋 A written introduction is coming — for now this page shows official values only.
Object
- Type (NASA)
- Elliptical Galaxy
- Distance from Earth
- 230,000,000 light-years
- Apparent magnitude
- 11.9 mag
- NASA description
- Caldwell 24 is one of the closest giant elliptical galaxies to Earth and was discovered by William Herschel in 1786.
Source:NASA Hubble (Messier/Caldwell catalogs) · checked 2026-11-02 ↗
Related
Constellation
In everyday life
- Light from this object takes about 230,000,000 years to reach Earth — the light you see tonight left 230,000,000 years ago (official distance ÷ speed of light).
- At magnitude 11.9 it is fainter than the naked-eye limit (about 6) — you need binoculars or a telescope.
- It lies in Perseus — find the constellation first to know where to look.