IC 2738
IC 2738
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E-S0
507 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
125k ly
across
15.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 507 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 2738 as it looked roughly 507 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 2744Elliptical4.7 million ly
apartIC 2735Spiral7.3 million ly
apartIC 2751Elliptical29 million ly
apartNGC 3695Barred spiral30 million ly
apartIC 2958Barred spiral51 million ly
apartNGC 3550 NED01Elliptical56 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 2735Spiral7.3 million ly
apartIC 2751Elliptical29 million ly
apartNGC 3695Barred spiral30 million ly
apartIC 2958Barred spiral51 million ly
apartNGC 3550 NED01Elliptical56 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).