IC 2712
IC 2712
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sb
432 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
58k ly
across
16.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 432 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 2712 as it looked roughly 432 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 2783Spiral9.4 million ly
apartIC 2741Barred spiral15 million ly
apartIC 2820Spiral15 million ly
apartIC 2852Spiral18 million ly
apartIC 2634Barred spiral24 million ly
apartIC 2637Elliptical25 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 2741Barred spiral15 million ly
apartIC 2820Spiral15 million ly
apartIC 2852Spiral18 million ly
apartIC 2634Barred spiral24 million ly
apartIC 2637Elliptical25 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).