IC 2735
IC 2735
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sab
499 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
171k ly
across
15.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 499 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 2735 as it looked roughly 499 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 2744Elliptical2.9 million ly
apartIC 2738Elliptical7.3 million ly
apartIC 2751Elliptical22 million ly
apartNGC 3695Barred spiral25 million ly
apartIC 2958Barred spiral48 million ly
apartNGC 3550 NED01Elliptical53 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 2738Elliptical7.3 million ly
apartIC 2751Elliptical22 million ly
apartNGC 3695Barred spiral25 million ly
apartIC 2958Barred spiral48 million ly
apartNGC 3550 NED01Elliptical53 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).