IC 2996
IC 2996
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sb
105 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
54k ly
across
14.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 105 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 2996 as it looked roughly 105 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 760Lenticular1.8 million ly
apartNGC 4106Lenticular3.7 million ly
apartIC 764Spiral6.1 million ly
apartIC 3015Barred spiral11 million ly
apartIC 3010Lenticular12 million ly
apartNGC 3936Barred spiral13 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4106Lenticular3.7 million ly
apartIC 764Spiral6.1 million ly
apartIC 3015Barred spiral11 million ly
apartIC 3010Lenticular12 million ly
apartNGC 3936Barred spiral13 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).