IC 2788
IC 2788
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Galaxy
morphology
1.1 billion ly
from Earth · from redshift
140k ly
across
18.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 1.1 billion ly from home, you are seeing IC 2788 as it looked roughly 1.1 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 2734Barred spiral16 million ly
apartIC 2845Lenticular23 million ly
apartIC 2771Spiral35 million ly
apartIC 2725Elliptical40 million ly
apartIC 2864Spiral40 million ly
apartIC 2901Lenticular44 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 2845Lenticular23 million ly
apartIC 2771Spiral35 million ly
apartIC 2725Elliptical40 million ly
apartIC 2864Spiral40 million ly
apartIC 2901Lenticular44 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).