IC 2742
IC 2742
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
393 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
39k ly
across
17.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 393 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 2742 as it looked roughly 393 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 2637Elliptical21 million ly
apartIC 2634Barred spiral23 million ly
apartIC 2871Spiral24 million ly
apartIC 2741Barred spiral27 million ly
apartIC 670Elliptical38 million ly
apartIC 2712Barred spiral40 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 2634Barred spiral23 million ly
apartIC 2871Spiral24 million ly
apartIC 2741Barred spiral27 million ly
apartIC 670Elliptical38 million ly
apartIC 2712Barred spiral40 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).