IC 2741
IC 2741
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBbc
418 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
51k ly
across
16.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 418 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 2741 as it looked roughly 418 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 2783Spiral15 million ly
apartIC 2712Barred spiral15 million ly
apartIC 2637Elliptical17 million ly
apartIC 2634Barred spiral18 million ly
apartIC 2852Spiral21 million ly
apartIC 2820Spiral22 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 2712Barred spiral15 million ly
apartIC 2637Elliptical17 million ly
apartIC 2634Barred spiral18 million ly
apartIC 2852Spiral21 million ly
apartIC 2820Spiral22 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).