IC 2828
IC 2828
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Irregular
type · I
48 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
14k ly
across
14.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 48 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 2828 as it looked roughly 48 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
NGC 3705Spiral1.5 million ly
apartNGC 3666Barred spiral2.6 million ly
apartNGC 3810Spiral4.2 million ly
apartIC 2782Spiral4.3 million ly
apartIC 2767Spiral4.4 million ly
apartIC 692Elliptical5.9 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3666Barred spiral2.6 million ly
apartNGC 3810Spiral4.2 million ly
apartIC 2782Spiral4.3 million ly
apartIC 2767Spiral4.4 million ly
apartIC 692Elliptical5.9 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).