IC 2990
IC 2990
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sb
316 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
67k ly
across
15.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 316 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 2990 as it looked roughly 316 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 4082Barred spiral9.9 million ly
apartIC 3029Barred spiral15 million ly
apartIC 3008Barred spiral17 million ly
apartNGC 3996Barred spiral22 million ly
apartIC 3004Barred spiral24 million ly
apartNGC 3968Barred spiral24 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 3029Barred spiral15 million ly
apartIC 3008Barred spiral17 million ly
apartNGC 3996Barred spiral22 million ly
apartIC 3004Barred spiral24 million ly
apartNGC 3968Barred spiral24 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).