IC 2804
IC 2804
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sb
282 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
71k ly
across
15.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 282 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 2804 as it looked roughly 282 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 2826Barred spiral2.8 million ly
apartIC 2843Spiral4.5 million ly
apartIC 2893 NED02Spiral7.7 million ly
apartIC 2708Elliptical8.1 million ly
apartIC 2689Spiral9.2 million ly
apartIC 2698Spiral11 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 2843Spiral4.5 million ly
apartIC 2893 NED02Spiral7.7 million ly
apartIC 2708Elliptical8.1 million ly
apartIC 2689Spiral9.2 million ly
apartIC 2698Spiral11 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).