IC 2744
IC 2744
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E-S0
502 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
164k ly
across
14.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 502 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 2744 as it looked roughly 502 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 2735Spiral2.9 million ly
apartIC 2738Elliptical4.7 million ly
apartIC 2751Elliptical24 million ly
apartNGC 3695Barred spiral26 million ly
apartIC 2958Barred spiral48 million ly
apartNGC 3550 NED01Elliptical55 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 2738Elliptical4.7 million ly
apartIC 2751Elliptical24 million ly
apartNGC 3695Barred spiral26 million ly
apartIC 2958Barred spiral48 million ly
apartNGC 3550 NED01Elliptical55 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).