IC 2762
IC 2762
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sd
196 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
52k ly
across
15.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 196 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 2762 as it looked roughly 196 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 2779Spiral2.7 million ly
apartIC 737Lenticular22 million ly
apartIC 736Elliptical24 million ly
apartNGC 3649Barred spiral26 million ly
apartNGC 3646Spiral26 million ly
apartNGC 3863Barred spiral28 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 737Lenticular22 million ly
apartIC 736Elliptical24 million ly
apartNGC 3649Barred spiral26 million ly
apartNGC 3646Spiral26 million ly
apartNGC 3863Barred spiral28 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).