IC 2771
IC 2771
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · S?
1.2 billion ly
from Earth · from redshift
96k ly
across
18.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 1.2 billion ly from home, you are seeing IC 2771 as it looked roughly 1.2 billion 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 2725Elliptical23 million ly
apartIC 2788Galaxy35 million ly
apartIC 2734Barred spiral38 million ly
apartIC 2900Barred spiral48 million ly
apartIC 2845Lenticular49 million ly
apartIC 2901Lenticular71 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 2788Galaxy35 million ly
apartIC 2734Barred spiral38 million ly
apartIC 2900Barred spiral48 million ly
apartIC 2845Lenticular49 million ly
apartIC 2901Lenticular71 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).