IC 2701
IC 2701
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
648 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
83k ly
across
17.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 648 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 2701 as it looked roughly 648 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 2679Lenticular11 million ly
apartIC 2648Barred spiral14 million ly
apartIC 2629Spiral19 million ly
apartIC 2784Barred spiral28 million ly
apartIC 2835Elliptical29 million ly
apartIC 2807Barred spiral30 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 2648Barred spiral14 million ly
apartIC 2629Spiral19 million ly
apartIC 2784Barred spiral28 million ly
apartIC 2835Elliptical29 million ly
apartIC 2807Barred spiral30 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).