IC 2718
IC 2718
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sbc
471 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
81k ly
across
15.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 471 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 2718 as it looked roughly 471 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 2745Barred spiral13 million ly
apartIC 2840Spiral23 million ly
apartIC 2810Barred spiral26 million ly
apartIC 2914Spiral30 million ly
apartIC 2936Barred spiral35 million ly
apartIC 668Spiral36 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 2840Spiral23 million ly
apartIC 2810Barred spiral26 million ly
apartIC 2914Spiral30 million ly
apartIC 2936Barred spiral35 million ly
apartIC 668Spiral36 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).