IC 2746
IC 2746
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
557 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
86k ly
across
16.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 557 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 2746 as it looked roughly 557 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 2777Barred spiral3.9 million ly
apartIC 2720Elliptical6.0 million ly
apartIC 2713Elliptical8.2 million ly
apartIC 2798Spiral9.4 million ly
apartIC 2727Barred spiral14 million ly
apartIC 2649Elliptical22 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 2720Elliptical6.0 million ly
apartIC 2713Elliptical8.2 million ly
apartIC 2798Spiral9.4 million ly
apartIC 2727Barred spiral14 million ly
apartIC 2649Elliptical22 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).