IC 2792
IC 2792
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E?
966 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
138k ly
across
17.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 966 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 2792 as it looked roughly 966 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 2797Elliptical5.8 million ly
apartIC 2818Elliptical28 million ly
apartIC 2790Spiral37 million ly
apartIC 2652Elliptical41 million ly
apartIC 2692Elliptical42 million ly
apartIC 2894Barred spiral44 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 2818Elliptical28 million ly
apartIC 2790Spiral37 million ly
apartIC 2652Elliptical41 million ly
apartIC 2692Elliptical42 million ly
apartIC 2894Barred spiral44 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).