IC 2698
IC 2698
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Scd
279 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
57k ly
across
15.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 279 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 2698 as it looked roughly 279 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 2708Elliptical4.4 million ly
apartIC 2689Spiral5.6 million ly
apartIC 2674Spiral7.6 million ly
apartIC 2673Spiral9.5 million ly
apartIC 2804Barred spiral11 million ly
apartIC 2826Barred spiral13 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 2689Spiral5.6 million ly
apartIC 2674Spiral7.6 million ly
apartIC 2673Spiral9.5 million ly
apartIC 2804Barred spiral11 million ly
apartIC 2826Barred 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).