IC 2748
IC 2748
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
977 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
153k ly
across
16.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 977 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 2748 as it looked roughly 977 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 2770Barred spiral17 million ly
apartIC 2790Spiral34 million ly
apartIC 2692Elliptical43 million ly
apartIC 2792Elliptical46 million ly
apartIC 2797Elliptical52 million ly
apartIC 2632Elliptical61 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 2790Spiral34 million ly
apartIC 2692Elliptical43 million ly
apartIC 2792Elliptical46 million ly
apartIC 2797Elliptical52 million ly
apartIC 2632Elliptical61 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).