IC 2713
IC 2713
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
561 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
96k ly
across
16.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 561 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 2713 as it looked roughly 561 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 2720Elliptical5.9 million ly
apartIC 2746Elliptical8.2 million ly
apartIC 2777Barred spiral9.1 million ly
apartIC 2798Spiral13 million ly
apartIC 2649Elliptical17 million ly
apartIC 2727Barred spiral18 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 2746Elliptical8.2 million ly
apartIC 2777Barred spiral9.1 million ly
apartIC 2798Spiral13 million ly
apartIC 2649Elliptical17 million ly
apartIC 2727Barred spiral18 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).