IC 2745
IC 2745
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBb
476 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
86k ly
across
15.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 476 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 2745 as it looked roughly 476 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 2840Spiral13 million ly
apartIC 2718Barred spiral13 million ly
apartIC 2810Barred spiral13 million ly
apartIC 2914Spiral22 million ly
apartIC 2936Barred spiral28 million ly
apartIC 2945 NED01Elliptical33 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 2718Barred spiral13 million ly
apartIC 2810Barred spiral13 million ly
apartIC 2914Spiral22 million ly
apartIC 2936Barred spiral28 million ly
apartIC 2945 NED01Elliptical33 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).