IC 2781
IC 2781
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Irregular
type · I
72 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
8k ly
across
17.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 72 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 2781 as it looked roughly 72 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 2763Spiral1.6 million ly
apartNGC 3547Barred spiral4.9 million ly
apartNGC 3655Spiral5.7 million ly
apartNGC 3626Lenticular7.9 million ly
apartIC 676Lenticular8.1 million ly
apartNGC 3692Barred spiral8.3 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3547Barred spiral4.9 million ly
apartNGC 3655Spiral5.7 million ly
apartNGC 3626Lenticular7.9 million ly
apartIC 676Lenticular8.1 million ly
apartNGC 3692Barred spiral8.3 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).