IC 2894
IC 2894
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBb
954 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
172k ly
across
16.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 954 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 2894 as it looked roughly 954 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 2818Elliptical22 million ly
apartIC 2797Elliptical39 million ly
apartIC 2838Barred spiral40 million ly
apartIC 2792Elliptical44 million ly
apartIC 2722 NED01Elliptical48 million ly
apartIC 2909Galaxy54 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 2797Elliptical39 million ly
apartIC 2838Barred spiral40 million ly
apartIC 2792Elliptical44 million ly
apartIC 2722 NED01Elliptical48 million ly
apartIC 2909Galaxy54 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).