IC 2840
IC 2840
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
480 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
60k ly
across
17.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 480 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 2840 as it looked roughly 480 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 2914Spiral9.2 million ly
apartIC 2810Barred spiral12 million ly
apartIC 2745Barred spiral13 million ly
apartIC 2936Barred spiral15 million ly
apartIC 2945 NED01Elliptical20 million ly
apartIC 2718Barred spiral23 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 2810Barred spiral12 million ly
apartIC 2745Barred spiral13 million ly
apartIC 2936Barred spiral15 million ly
apartIC 2945 NED01Elliptical20 million ly
apartIC 2718Barred spiral23 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).