IC 2941
IC 2941
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sbc
289 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
71k ly
across
15.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 289 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 2941 as it looked roughly 289 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
NGC 3822Lenticular7.6 million ly
apartNGC 3819Elliptical7.6 million ly
apartNGC 3820Barred spiral8.8 million ly
apartNGC 3817Lenticular9.1 million ly
apartIC 698Lenticular10 million ly
apartIC 699Spiral10 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3819Elliptical7.6 million ly
apartNGC 3820Barred spiral8.8 million ly
apartNGC 3817Lenticular9.1 million ly
apartIC 698Lenticular10 million ly
apartIC 699Spiral10 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).