IC 2861
IC 2861
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
295 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
71k ly
across
15.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 295 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 2861 as it looked roughly 295 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 2950Spiral19 million ly
apartNGC 3540Lenticular25 million ly
apartNGC 3897Barred spiral29 million ly
apartNGC 4097Lenticular39 million ly
apartIC 3014Barred spiral40 million ly
apartIC 3022Elliptical41 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3540Lenticular25 million ly
apartNGC 3897Barred spiral29 million ly
apartNGC 4097Lenticular39 million ly
apartIC 3014Barred spiral40 million ly
apartIC 3022Elliptical41 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).