IC 2883
IC 2883
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
598 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
57k ly
across
17.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 598 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 2883 as it looked roughly 598 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 2917Galaxy11 million ly
apartIC 2921Spiral16 million ly
apartIC 2846Barred spiral25 million ly
apartIC 2823Barred spiral32 million ly
apartIC 2819Spiral34 million ly
apartIC 2798Spiral45 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 2921Spiral16 million ly
apartIC 2846Barred spiral25 million ly
apartIC 2823Barred spiral32 million ly
apartIC 2819Spiral34 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).