IC 2799
IC 2799
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBbc
531 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
69k ly
across
17.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 531 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 2799 as it looked roughly 531 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 2786Spiral6.1 million ly
apartIC 2785Elliptical9.2 million ly
apartIC 2727Barred spiral24 million ly
apartIC 2683Elliptical24 million ly
apartIC 2665Spiral28 million ly
apartIC 2813Barred spiral28 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 2785Elliptical9.2 million ly
apartIC 2727Barred spiral24 million ly
apartIC 2683Elliptical24 million ly
apartIC 2665Spiral28 million ly
apartIC 2813Barred 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).