IC 2994
IC 2994
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
903 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
123k ly
across
15.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 903 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 2994 as it looked roughly 903 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 3017Barred spiral23 million ly
apartNGC 4164Elliptical27 million ly
apartIC 3016Barred spiral33 million ly
apartIC 3055 NED01Lenticular38 million ly
apartIC 3055 NED03Barred spiral38 million ly
apartIC 3034Barred spiral41 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4164Elliptical27 million ly
apartIC 3016Barred spiral33 million ly
apartIC 3055 NED01Lenticular38 million ly
apartIC 3055 NED03Barred spiral38 million ly
apartIC 3034Barred spiral41 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).