IC 2838
IC 2838
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sbc
990 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
63k ly
across
16.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 990 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 2838 as it looked roughly 990 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 2818Elliptical32 million ly
apartIC 2894Barred spiral40 million ly
apartIC 2722 NED01Elliptical44 million ly
apartIC 2797Elliptical48 million ly
apartIC 2792Elliptical53 million ly
apartIC 2652Elliptical68 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 2894Barred spiral40 million ly
apartIC 2722 NED01Elliptical44 million ly
apartIC 2797Elliptical48 million ly
apartIC 2792Elliptical53 million ly
apartIC 2652Elliptical68 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).