IC 2889
IC 2889
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · SABc
290 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
103k ly
across
14.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 290 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 2889 as it looked roughly 290 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 2856Spiral15 million ly
apartIC 695Spiral17 million ly
apartNGC 3723Elliptical17 million ly
apartNGC 3724Lenticular18 million ly
apartNGC 3721Lenticular19 million ly
apartIC 2910Lenticular21 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 695Spiral17 million ly
apartNGC 3723Elliptical17 million ly
apartNGC 3724Lenticular18 million ly
apartNGC 3721Lenticular19 million ly
apartIC 2910Lenticular21 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).