IC 2751
IC 2751
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
477 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
87k ly
across
15.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 477 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 2751 as it looked roughly 477 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
NGC 3695Barred spiral17 million ly
apartIC 2735Spiral22 million ly
apartIC 2744Elliptical24 million ly
apartIC 2738Elliptical29 million ly
apartIC 2946Barred spiral37 million ly
apartIC 2958Barred spiral43 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 2735Spiral22 million ly
apartIC 2744Elliptical24 million ly
apartIC 2738Elliptical29 million ly
apartIC 2946Barred spiral37 million ly
apartIC 2958Barred spiral43 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).