IC 2684
IC 2684
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Irregular
type · I
138 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
30k ly
across
17.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 138 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 2684 as it looked roughly 138 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 3559Barred spiral14 million ly
apartIC 2822Barred spiral14 million ly
apartIC 2870Irregular15 million ly
apartNGC 3731Elliptical15 million ly
apartNGC 3419Lenticular16 million ly
apartNGC 3419ABarred spiral17 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 2822Barred spiral14 million ly
apartIC 2870Irregular15 million ly
apartNGC 3731Elliptical15 million ly
apartNGC 3419Lenticular16 million ly
apartNGC 3419ABarred 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).