IC 2802
IC 2802
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Galaxy
morphology
757 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
62k ly
across
17.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 757 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 2802 as it looked roughly 757 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 2795Spiral27 million ly
apartIC 2829Spiral27 million ly
apartIC 2862Elliptical31 million ly
apartIC 2877Barred spiral35 million ly
apartIC 2680Lenticular61 million ly
apartIC 2704Spiral65 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 2829Spiral27 million ly
apartIC 2862Elliptical31 million ly
apartIC 2877Barred spiral35 million ly
apartIC 2680Lenticular61 million ly
apartIC 2704Spiral65 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).