IC 2779
IC 2779
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sd
194 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
17k ly
across
17.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 194 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 2779 as it looked roughly 194 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 2762Spiral2.7 million ly
apartIC 737Lenticular21 million ly
apartIC 736Elliptical23 million ly
apartNGC 3649Barred spiral23 million ly
apartNGC 3646Spiral24 million ly
apartNGC 3650Barred spiral28 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 737Lenticular21 million ly
apartIC 736Elliptical23 million ly
apartNGC 3649Barred spiral23 million ly
apartNGC 3646Spiral24 million ly
apartNGC 3650Barred 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).