IC 2796 NED02
IC 2796 NED02
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Galaxy
morphology
1.1 billion ly
from Earth · from redshift
116k ly
across
18.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 1.1 billion ly from home, you are seeing IC 2796 NED02 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 2756Barred spiral32 million ly
apartIC 2724Barred spiral46 million ly
apartIC 2716Spiral57 million ly
apartIC 2636Elliptical71 million ly
apartIC 2864Spiral77 million ly
apartIC 2702Barred spiral79 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 2724Barred spiral46 million ly
apartIC 2716Spiral57 million ly
apartIC 2636Elliptical71 million ly
apartIC 2864Spiral77 million ly
apartIC 2702Barred spiral79 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).