IC 275 NED02
IC 275 NED02
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
461 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
185k ly
across
14.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 461 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 275 NED02 as it looked roughly 461 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 256Elliptical53 million ly
apartNGC 1077BBarred spiral56 million ly
apartIC 260Elliptical57 million ly
apartNGC 1077ABarred spiral74 million ly
apartNGC 970 NED02Galaxy100 million ly
apartIC 257Elliptical100 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1077BBarred spiral56 million ly
apartIC 260Elliptical57 million ly
apartNGC 1077ABarred spiral74 million ly
apartNGC 970 NED02Galaxy100 million ly
apartIC 257Elliptical100 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).