IC 2813
IC 2813
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sb
516 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
72k ly
across
16.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 516 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 2813 as it looked roughly 516 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 2786Spiral23 million ly
apartIC 2799Barred spiral28 million ly
apartIC 2665Spiral29 million ly
apartIC 2683Elliptical30 million ly
apartIC 2785Elliptical31 million ly
apartIC 2727Barred spiral32 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 2799Barred spiral28 million ly
apartIC 2665Spiral29 million ly
apartIC 2683Elliptical30 million ly
apartIC 2785Elliptical31 million ly
apartIC 2727Barred spiral32 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).