IC 2893 NED02
IC 2893 NED02
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sd
279 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
37k ly
across
16.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 279 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 2893 NED02 as it looked roughly 279 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 spiral4.9 million ly
apartIC 2843Spiral6.4 million ly
apartIC 2804Barred spiral7.7 million ly
apartIC 2708Elliptical15 million ly
apartIC 2689Spiral16 million ly
apartIC 2698Spiral17 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 2843Spiral6.4 million ly
apartIC 2804Barred spiral7.7 million ly
apartIC 2708Elliptical15 million ly
apartIC 2689Spiral16 million ly
apartIC 2698Spiral17 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).