IC 2928
IC 2928
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · SABb
379 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
99k ly
across
14.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 379 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 2928 as it looked roughly 379 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 2961Lenticular31 million ly
apartIC 2933Barred spiral39 million ly
apartIC 2971Elliptical40 million ly
apartNGC 3569Lenticular42 million ly
apartNGC 4031Barred spiral42 million ly
apartNGC 3545BElliptical44 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 2933Barred spiral39 million ly
apartIC 2971Elliptical40 million ly
apartNGC 3569Lenticular42 million ly
apartNGC 4031Barred spiral42 million ly
apartNGC 3545BElliptical44 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).