IC 2864
IC 2864
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sa
1.1 billion ly
from Earth · from redshift
199k ly
across
16.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 1.1 billion ly from home, you are seeing IC 2864 as it looked roughly 1.1 billion 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 2901Lenticular16 million ly
apartIC 2845Lenticular24 million ly
apartIC 2788Galaxy40 million ly
apartIC 2938Elliptical41 million ly
apartIC 2734Barred spiral50 million ly
apartIC 2716Spiral51 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 2845Lenticular24 million ly
apartIC 2788Galaxy40 million ly
apartIC 2938Elliptical41 million ly
apartIC 2734Barred spiral50 million ly
apartIC 2716Spiral51 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).