IC 2999
IC 2999
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
326 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
63k ly
across
15.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 326 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 2999 as it looked roughly 326 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 3007Elliptical7.0 million ly
apartNGC 3971Lenticular17 million ly
apartNGC 4229Lenticular20 million ly
apartIC 2967Elliptical21 million ly
apartIC 3330Spiral25 million ly
apartNGC 4211ALenticular26 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3971Lenticular17 million ly
apartNGC 4229Lenticular20 million ly
apartIC 2967Elliptical21 million ly
apartIC 3330Spiral25 million ly
apartNGC 4211ALenticular26 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).