IC 2694
IC 2694
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBbc
675 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
149k ly
across
15.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 675 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 2694 as it looked roughly 675 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 2704Spiral24 million ly
apartIC 2784Barred spiral24 million ly
apartIC 2679Lenticular30 million ly
apartIC 2807Barred spiral31 million ly
apartIC 2629Spiral34 million ly
apartIC 2701Spiral37 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 2784Barred spiral24 million ly
apartIC 2679Lenticular30 million ly
apartIC 2807Barred spiral31 million ly
apartIC 2629Spiral34 million ly
apartIC 2701Spiral37 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).