IC 2785
IC 2785
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
538 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
136k ly
across
15.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 538 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 2785 as it looked roughly 538 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 2799Barred spiral9.2 million ly
apartIC 2786Spiral11 million ly
apartIC 2727Barred spiral16 million ly
apartIC 2683Elliptical19 million ly
apartIC 2798Spiral22 million ly
apartIC 2720Elliptical23 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 2786Spiral11 million ly
apartIC 2727Barred spiral16 million ly
apartIC 2683Elliptical19 million ly
apartIC 2798Spiral22 million ly
apartIC 2720Elliptical23 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).