IC 2862
IC 2862
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
756 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
119k ly
across
16.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 756 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 2862 as it looked roughly 756 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 2829Spiral8.3 million ly
apartIC 2802Galaxy31 million ly
apartIC 2795Spiral40 million ly
apartIC 2877Barred spiral46 million ly
apartIC 2680Lenticular61 million ly
apartIC 2704Spiral75 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 2802Galaxy31 million ly
apartIC 2795Spiral40 million ly
apartIC 2877Barred spiral46 million ly
apartIC 2680Lenticular61 million ly
apartIC 2704Spiral75 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).