IC 2784
IC 2784
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBab
656 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
124k ly
across
16.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 656 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 2784 as it looked roughly 656 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 2835Elliptical22 million ly
apartIC 2807Barred spiral23 million ly
apartIC 2679Lenticular24 million ly
apartIC 2694Barred spiral24 million ly
apartIC 2701Spiral28 million ly
apartIC 2629Spiral33 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 2807Barred spiral23 million ly
apartIC 2679Lenticular24 million ly
apartIC 2694Barred spiral24 million ly
apartIC 2701Spiral28 million ly
apartIC 2629Spiral33 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).