IC 2921
IC 2921
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sa
610 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
105k ly
across
16.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 610 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 2921 as it looked roughly 610 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 2917Galaxy7.8 million ly
apartIC 2883Spiral16 million ly
apartIC 2846Barred spiral40 million ly
apartIC 2835Elliptical40 million ly
apartIC 2823Barred spiral48 million ly
apartIC 2819Spiral48 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 2883Spiral16 million ly
apartIC 2846Barred spiral40 million ly
apartIC 2835Elliptical40 million ly
apartIC 2823Barred spiral48 million ly
apartIC 2819Spiral48 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).