IC 2511
IC 2511
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · SABa
137 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
168k ly
across
13.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 137 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 2511 as it looked roughly 137 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 2513Spiral2.5 million ly
apartIC 2522Spiral5.2 million ly
apartNGC 3038Barred spiral6.7 million ly
apartIC 2532Spiral7.2 million ly
apartIC 2539Barred spiral9.0 million ly
apartIC 2534Lenticular9.1 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 2522Spiral5.2 million ly
apartNGC 3038Barred spiral6.7 million ly
apartIC 2532Spiral7.2 million ly
apartIC 2539Barred spiral9.0 million ly
apartIC 2534Lenticular9.1 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).