IC 2689
IC 2689
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sm
281 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
54k ly
across
16.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 281 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 2689 as it looked roughly 281 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 2708Elliptical2.0 million ly
apartIC 2698Spiral5.6 million ly
apartIC 2804Barred spiral9.2 million ly
apartIC 2826Barred spiral12 million ly
apartIC 2674Spiral12 million ly
apartIC 2843Spiral13 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 2698Spiral5.6 million ly
apartIC 2804Barred spiral9.2 million ly
apartIC 2826Barred spiral12 million ly
apartIC 2674Spiral12 million ly
apartIC 2843Spiral13 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).