IC 2835
IC 2835
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
642 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
110k ly
across
16.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 642 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 2835 as it looked roughly 642 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 spiral22 million ly
apartIC 2807Barred spiral29 million ly
apartIC 2701Spiral29 million ly
apartIC 2679Lenticular32 million ly
apartIC 2917Galaxy40 million ly
apartIC 2921Spiral40 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 2807Barred spiral29 million ly
apartIC 2701Spiral29 million ly
apartIC 2679Lenticular32 million ly
apartIC 2917Galaxy40 million ly
apartIC 2921Spiral40 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).