IC 2853
IC 2853
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sab
294 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
78k ly
across
14.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 294 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 2853 as it looked roughly 294 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 2857Spiral680,000 ly
apartIC 2850Spiral930,000 ly
apartIC 2867Spiral1.1 million ly
apartIC 696Spiral1.3 million ly
apartIC 698Lenticular3.3 million ly
apartIC 699Spiral5.5 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 2850Spiral930,000 ly
apartIC 2867Spiral1.1 million ly
apartIC 696Spiral1.3 million ly
apartIC 698Lenticular3.3 million ly
apartIC 699Spiral5.5 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).