IC 2823
IC 2823
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sb
574 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
149k ly
across
15.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 574 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 2823 as it looked roughly 574 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 2819Spiral15 million ly
apartIC 2846Barred spiral17 million ly
apartIC 2798Spiral17 million ly
apartIC 2777Barred spiral20 million ly
apartIC 2713Elliptical23 million ly
apartIC 2746Elliptical24 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 2846Barred spiral17 million ly
apartIC 2798Spiral17 million ly
apartIC 2777Barred spiral20 million ly
apartIC 2713Elliptical23 million ly
apartIC 2746Elliptical24 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).