IC 2938
IC 2938
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
1.1 billion ly
from Earth · from redshift
290k ly
across
15.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 1.1 billion ly from home, you are seeing IC 2938 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 2901Lenticular29 million ly
apartIC 2864Spiral41 million ly
apartIC 2845Lenticular49 million ly
apartIC 2900Barred spiral59 million ly
apartIC 2788Galaxy69 million ly
apartIC 2734Barred spiral82 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 2864Spiral41 million ly
apartIC 2845Lenticular49 million ly
apartIC 2900Barred spiral59 million ly
apartIC 2788Galaxy69 million ly
apartIC 2734Barred spiral82 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).