IC 2692
IC 2692
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
997 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
151k ly
across
16.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 997 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 2692 as it looked roughly 997 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 2632Elliptical32 million ly
apartIC 2770Barred spiral34 million ly
apartIC 2792Elliptical42 million ly
apartIC 2748Elliptical43 million ly
apartIC 2797Elliptical46 million ly
apartIC 2724Barred spiral47 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 2770Barred spiral34 million ly
apartIC 2792Elliptical42 million ly
apartIC 2748Elliptical43 million ly
apartIC 2797Elliptical46 million ly
apartIC 2724Barred spiral47 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).