IC 2917
IC 2917
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Galaxy
morphology
607 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
46k ly
across
18.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 607 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 2917 as it looked roughly 607 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 2921Spiral7.8 million ly
apartIC 2883Spiral11 million ly
apartIC 2846Barred spiral36 million ly
apartIC 2835Elliptical40 million ly
apartIC 2819Spiral40 million ly
apartIC 2823Barred spiral41 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 2883Spiral11 million ly
apartIC 2846Barred spiral36 million ly
apartIC 2835Elliptical40 million ly
apartIC 2819Spiral40 million ly
apartIC 2823Barred spiral41 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).