IC 2724
IC 2724
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sb
1.0 billion ly
from Earth · from redshift
146k ly
across
16.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 1.0 billion ly from home, you are seeing IC 2724 as it looked roughly 1.0 billion 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 2756Barred spiral18 million ly
apartIC 2636Elliptical31 million ly
apartIC 2796 NED02Galaxy46 million ly
apartIC 2692Elliptical47 million ly
apartIC 2770Barred spiral58 million ly
apartIC 2716Spiral64 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 2636Elliptical31 million ly
apartIC 2796 NED02Galaxy46 million ly
apartIC 2692Elliptical47 million ly
apartIC 2770Barred spiral58 million ly
apartIC 2716Spiral64 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).