IC 2683
IC 2683
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
536 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
66k ly
across
17.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 536 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 2683 as it looked roughly 536 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 2665Spiral6.1 million ly
apartIC 2645Lenticular6.5 million ly
apartIC 2727Barred spiral10 million ly
apartIC 2633Spiral10 million ly
apartIC 2785Elliptical19 million ly
apartIC 2720Elliptical20 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 2645Lenticular6.5 million ly
apartIC 2727Barred spiral10 million ly
apartIC 2633Spiral10 million ly
apartIC 2785Elliptical19 million ly
apartIC 2720Elliptical20 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).