IC 2955
IC 2955
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E-S0
296 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
33k ly
across
14.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 296 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 2955 as it looked roughly 296 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 3868Lenticular1.3 million ly
apartNGC 3851Elliptical2.4 million ly
apartNGC 3841Elliptical2.9 million ly
apartNGC 3837Elliptical3.4 million ly
apartNGC 3857Lenticular4.1 million ly
apartNGC 3862Elliptical5.3 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3851Elliptical2.4 million ly
apartNGC 3841Elliptical2.9 million ly
apartNGC 3837Elliptical3.4 million ly
apartNGC 3857Lenticular4.1 million ly
apartNGC 3862Elliptical5.3 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).