IC 2830
IC 2830
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sbc
560 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
81k ly
across
15.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 560 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 2830 as it looked roughly 560 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 2846Barred spiral36 million ly
apartIC 2746Elliptical41 million ly
apartIC 2639Lenticular41 million ly
apartIC 2777Barred spiral43 million ly
apartIC 2638Lenticular44 million ly
apartIC 2798Spiral45 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 2746Elliptical41 million ly
apartIC 2639Lenticular41 million ly
apartIC 2777Barred spiral43 million ly
apartIC 2638Lenticular44 million ly
apartIC 2798Spiral45 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).