IC 2756
IC 2756
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sbc
1.0 billion ly
from Earth · from redshift
155k ly
across
17.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 1.0 billion ly from home, you are seeing IC 2756 as it looked roughly 1.0 billion 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 2724Barred spiral18 million ly
apartIC 2796 NED02Galaxy32 million ly
apartIC 2636Elliptical47 million ly
apartIC 2692Elliptical56 million ly
apartIC 2770Barred spiral57 million ly
apartIC 2716Spiral66 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 2796 NED02Galaxy32 million ly
apartIC 2636Elliptical47 million ly
apartIC 2692Elliptical56 million ly
apartIC 2770Barred spiral57 million ly
apartIC 2716Spiral66 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).