IC 2870
IC 2870
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Irregular
type · I
150 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
46k ly
across
18.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 150 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 2870 as it looked roughly 150 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 2822Barred spiral2.1 million ly
apartNGC 3731Elliptical3.9 million ly
apartNGC 3559Barred spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 3872Elliptical12 million ly
apartNGC 3799Barred spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 3800Spiral12 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3731Elliptical3.9 million ly
apartNGC 3559Barred spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 3872Elliptical12 million ly
apartNGC 3799Barred spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 3800Spiral12 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).