IC 2971
IC 2971
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
393 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
80k ly
across
15.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 393 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 2971 as it looked roughly 393 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 2961Lenticular9.6 million ly
apartNGC 3964Lenticular18 million ly
apartNGC 4104Lenticular27 million ly
apartIC 3001Barred spiral29 million ly
apartIC 3002Spiral29 million ly
apartNGC 4031Barred spiral31 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3964Lenticular18 million ly
apartNGC 4104Lenticular27 million ly
apartIC 3001Barred spiral29 million ly
apartIC 3002Spiral29 million ly
apartNGC 4031Barred spiral31 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).