IC 2807
IC 2807
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sbc
669 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
62k ly
across
17.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 669 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 2807 as it looked roughly 669 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 2784Barred spiral23 million ly
apartIC 2835Elliptical29 million ly
apartIC 2701Spiral30 million ly
apartIC 2694Barred spiral31 million ly
apartIC 2679Lenticular32 million ly
apartIC 2704Spiral35 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 2835Elliptical29 million ly
apartIC 2701Spiral30 million ly
apartIC 2694Barred spiral31 million ly
apartIC 2679Lenticular32 million ly
apartIC 2704Spiral35 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).