IC 2993
IC 2993
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
811 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
83k ly
across
16.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 811 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 2993 as it looked roughly 811 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 3451Lenticular110 million ly
apartIC 3627Elliptical130 million ly
apartIC 3222Spiral130 million ly
apartIC 3458Barred spiral130 million ly
apartIC 3394Elliptical130 million ly
apartIC 3287Spiral140 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 3627Elliptical130 million ly
apartIC 3222Spiral130 million ly
apartIC 3458Barred spiral130 million ly
apartIC 3394Elliptical130 million ly
apartIC 3287Spiral140 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).