IC 2515
IC 2515
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sb
271 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
89k ly
across
14.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 271 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 2515 as it looked roughly 271 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 2493Elliptical25 million ly
apartIC 2542Barred spiral25 million ly
apartNGC 3163Elliptical27 million ly
apartIC 2519Elliptical29 million ly
apartNGC 3161Elliptical30 million ly
apartNGC 3152Lenticular32 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 2542Barred spiral25 million ly
apartNGC 3163Elliptical27 million ly
apartIC 2519Elliptical29 million ly
apartNGC 3161Elliptical30 million ly
apartNGC 3152Lenticular32 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).