IC 2843
IC 2843
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
285 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
60k ly
across
15.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 285 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 2843 as it looked roughly 285 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 2826Barred spiral3.8 million ly
apartIC 2804Barred spiral4.5 million ly
apartIC 2893 NED02Spiral6.4 million ly
apartIC 2708Elliptical12 million ly
apartIC 2689Spiral13 million ly
apartIC 2698Spiral15 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 2804Barred spiral4.5 million ly
apartIC 2893 NED02Spiral6.4 million ly
apartIC 2708Elliptical12 million ly
apartIC 2689Spiral13 million ly
apartIC 2698Spiral15 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).