IC 2790
IC 2790
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
946 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
127k ly
across
16.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 946 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 2790 as it looked roughly 946 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 2748Elliptical34 million ly
apartIC 2792Elliptical37 million ly
apartIC 2797Elliptical41 million ly
apartIC 2770Barred spiral47 million ly
apartIC 2909Galaxy59 million ly
apartIC 2692Elliptical60 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 2792Elliptical37 million ly
apartIC 2797Elliptical41 million ly
apartIC 2770Barred spiral47 million ly
apartIC 2909Galaxy59 million ly
apartIC 2692Elliptical60 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).