IC 2919
IC 2919
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sd
244 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
39k ly
across
15.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 244 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 2919 as it looked roughly 244 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 2851Spiral20 million ly
apartNGC 3639Spiral22 million ly
apartNGC 3861Barred spiral28 million ly
apartNGC 3859Spiral28 million ly
apartNGC 3873Elliptical29 million ly
apartNGC 3860Spiral33 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3639Spiral22 million ly
apartNGC 3861Barred spiral28 million ly
apartNGC 3859Spiral28 million ly
apartNGC 3873Elliptical29 million ly
apartNGC 3860Spiral33 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).