IC 2769
IC 2769
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sb
341 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
43k ly
across
15.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 341 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 2769 as it looked roughly 341 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 2661Lenticular11 million ly
apartIC 2666Lenticular13 million ly
apartNGC 3840Spiral47 million ly
apartNGC 3867Spiral47 million ly
apartNGC 3787Lenticular47 million ly
apartNGC 3875Lenticular47 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 2666Lenticular13 million ly
apartNGC 3840Spiral47 million ly
apartNGC 3867Spiral47 million ly
apartNGC 3787Lenticular47 million ly
apartNGC 3875Lenticular47 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).