IC 2759
IC 2759
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
364 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
77k ly
across
15.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 364 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 2759 as it looked roughly 364 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
NGC 3651 NED02Lenticular8.0 million ly
apartNGC 3651 NED01Elliptical12 million ly
apartNGC 3609Spiral21 million ly
apartNGC 3612Spiral30 million ly
apartNGC 3670Lenticular34 million ly
apartNGC 3678Barred spiral36 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3651 NED01Elliptical12 million ly
apartNGC 3609Spiral21 million ly
apartNGC 3612Spiral30 million ly
apartNGC 3670Lenticular34 million ly
apartNGC 3678Barred spiral36 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).