IC 2829
IC 2829
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sa
750 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
192k ly
across
15.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 750 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 2829 as it looked roughly 750 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 2862Elliptical8.3 million ly
apartIC 2802Galaxy27 million ly
apartIC 2795Spiral32 million ly
apartIC 2877Barred spiral40 million ly
apartIC 2680Lenticular62 million ly
apartIC 2704Spiral67 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 2802Galaxy27 million ly
apartIC 2795Spiral32 million ly
apartIC 2877Barred spiral40 million ly
apartIC 2680Lenticular62 million ly
apartIC 2704Spiral67 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).