IC 2513
IC 2513
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sab
134 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
133k ly
across
13.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 134 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 2513 as it looked roughly 134 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 2511Spiral2.5 million ly
apartNGC 3038Barred spiral4.1 million ly
apartIC 2532Spiral5.9 million ly
apartIC 2510Barred spiral7.0 million ly
apartIC 2534Lenticular7.3 million ly
apartIC 2522Spiral7.3 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3038Barred spiral4.1 million ly
apartIC 2532Spiral5.9 million ly
apartIC 2510Barred spiral7.0 million ly
apartIC 2534Lenticular7.3 million ly
apartIC 2522Spiral7.3 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).