IC 2764
IC 2764
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
78 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
50k ly
across
12.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 78 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 2764 as it looked roughly 78 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 2913Lenticular2.4 million ly
apartNGC 3717Barred spiral3.4 million ly
apartNGC 3904Elliptical7.4 million ly
apartNGC 3923Elliptical7.6 million ly
apartIC 3005Barred spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 3673Barred spiral13 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3717Barred spiral3.4 million ly
apartNGC 3904Elliptical7.4 million ly
apartNGC 3923Elliptical7.6 million ly
apartIC 3005Barred spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 3673Barred spiral13 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).