IC 2819
IC 2819
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
585 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
100k ly
across
16.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 585 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 2819 as it looked roughly 585 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 2823Barred spiral15 million ly
apartIC 2846Barred spiral30 million ly
apartIC 2798Spiral31 million ly
apartIC 2777Barred spiral34 million ly
apartIC 2713Elliptical34 million ly
apartIC 2883Spiral34 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 2846Barred spiral30 million ly
apartIC 2798Spiral31 million ly
apartIC 2777Barred spiral34 million ly
apartIC 2713Elliptical34 million ly
apartIC 2883Spiral34 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).