IC 2910
IC 2910
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
301 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
112k ly
across
14.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 301 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 2910 as it looked roughly 301 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
NGC 3722Elliptical3.5 million ly
apartNGC 3723Elliptical7.2 million ly
apartNGC 3721Lenticular8.1 million ly
apartIC 695Spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 3688Barred spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 3724Lenticular14 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3723Elliptical7.2 million ly
apartNGC 3721Lenticular8.1 million ly
apartIC 695Spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 3688Barred spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 3724Lenticular14 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).