IC 2987
IC 2987
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBbc
316 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
55k ly
across
15.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 316 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 2987 as it looked roughly 316 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 4156Barred spiral8.7 million ly
apartNGC 4148Lenticular18 million ly
apartIC 3014Barred spiral22 million ly
apartIC 3022Elliptical23 million ly
apartIC 2950Spiral25 million ly
apartNGC 4097Lenticular26 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4148Lenticular18 million ly
apartIC 3014Barred spiral22 million ly
apartIC 3022Elliptical23 million ly
apartIC 2950Spiral25 million ly
apartNGC 4097Lenticular26 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).