IC 2763
IC 2763
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
74 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
31k ly
across
14.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 74 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 2763 as it looked roughly 74 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 2781Irregular1.6 million ly
apartNGC 3547Barred spiral5.0 million ly
apartNGC 3655Spiral5.7 million ly
apartNGC 3626Lenticular7.8 million ly
apartNGC 3692Barred spiral7.8 million ly
apartNGC 3485Barred spiral9.5 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3547Barred spiral5.0 million ly
apartNGC 3655Spiral5.7 million ly
apartNGC 3626Lenticular7.8 million ly
apartNGC 3692Barred spiral7.8 million ly
apartNGC 3485Barred spiral9.5 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).