IC 2995
IC 2995
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBc
85 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
84k ly
across
12.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 85 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 2995 as it looked roughly 85 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 4105Elliptical3.8 million ly
apartIC 3005Barred spiral5.9 million ly
apartNGC 3923Elliptical6.8 million ly
apartIC 3010Lenticular8.2 million ly
apartNGC 3885Lenticular8.4 million ly
apartNGC 3936Barred spiral10 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 3005Barred spiral5.9 million ly
apartNGC 3923Elliptical6.8 million ly
apartIC 3010Lenticular8.2 million ly
apartNGC 3885Lenticular8.4 million ly
apartNGC 3936Barred spiral10 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).