IC 2913
IC 2913
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
78 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
23k ly
across
13.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 78 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 2913 as it looked roughly 78 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 2764Lenticular2.4 million ly
apartNGC 3717Barred spiral2.9 million ly
apartNGC 3904Elliptical6.1 million ly
apartNGC 3923Elliptical6.7 million ly
apartIC 3005Barred spiral11 million ly
apartIC 2995Barred spiral13 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3717Barred spiral2.9 million ly
apartNGC 3904Elliptical6.1 million ly
apartNGC 3923Elliptical6.7 million ly
apartIC 3005Barred spiral11 million ly
apartIC 2995Barred spiral13 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).