IC 2969
IC 2969
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBbc
74 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
28k ly
across
13.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 74 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 2969 as it looked roughly 74 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 3952Barred spiral540,000 ly
apartNGC 3915Lenticular4.5 million ly
apartNGC 3818Elliptical5.6 million ly
apartNGC 4030Barred spiral7.1 million ly
apartNGC 3779Barred spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 3732Lenticular11 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3915Lenticular4.5 million ly
apartNGC 3818Elliptical5.6 million ly
apartNGC 4030Barred spiral7.1 million ly
apartNGC 3779Barred spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 3732Lenticular11 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).