IC 2502
IC 2502
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sa
701 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
112k ly
across
15.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 701 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 2502 as it looked roughly 701 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 2503Barred spiral1.1 million ly
apartIC 2497Barred spiral8.2 million ly
apartIC 2525Elliptical55 million ly
apartNGC 3099Elliptical58 million ly
apartIC 2543 NED01Barred spiral87 million ly
apartNGC 3219Elliptical110 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 2497Barred spiral8.2 million ly
apartIC 2525Elliptical55 million ly
apartNGC 3099Elliptical58 million ly
apartIC 2543 NED01Barred spiral87 million ly
apartNGC 3219Elliptical110 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).