IC 2810
IC 2810
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBab
475 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
142k ly
across
15.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 475 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 2810 as it looked roughly 475 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 2840Spiral12 million ly
apartIC 2745Barred spiral13 million ly
apartIC 2914Spiral17 million ly
apartIC 2936Barred spiral24 million ly
apartIC 2718Barred spiral26 million ly
apartIC 2945 NED01Elliptical28 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 2745Barred spiral13 million ly
apartIC 2914Spiral17 million ly
apartIC 2936Barred spiral24 million ly
apartIC 2718Barred spiral26 million ly
apartIC 2945 NED01Elliptical28 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).