IC 2770
IC 2770
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sb
992 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
113k ly
across
16.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 992 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 2770 as it looked roughly 992 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 2748Elliptical17 million ly
apartIC 2692Elliptical34 million ly
apartIC 2792Elliptical46 million ly
apartIC 2790Spiral47 million ly
apartIC 2797Elliptical51 million ly
apartIC 2756Barred spiral57 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 2692Elliptical34 million ly
apartIC 2792Elliptical46 million ly
apartIC 2790Spiral47 million ly
apartIC 2797Elliptical51 million ly
apartIC 2756Barred spiral57 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).