IC 2818
IC 2818
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
965 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
129k ly
across
17.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 965 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 2818 as it looked roughly 965 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 2894Barred spiral22 million ly
apartIC 2797Elliptical22 million ly
apartIC 2792Elliptical28 million ly
apartIC 2838Barred spiral32 million ly
apartIC 2722 NED01Elliptical33 million ly
apartIC 2652Elliptical49 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 2797Elliptical22 million ly
apartIC 2792Elliptical28 million ly
apartIC 2838Barred spiral32 million ly
apartIC 2722 NED01Elliptical33 million ly
apartIC 2652Elliptical49 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).