IC 2516
IC 2516
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E-S0
236 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
67k ly
across
14.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 236 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 2516 as it looked roughly 236 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 2518Elliptical3.2 million ly
apartNGC 3074Spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 3126Spiral27 million ly
apartNGC 3006Barred spiral29 million ly
apartNGC 2998Spiral29 million ly
apartNGC 3008Lenticular30 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3074Spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 3126Spiral27 million ly
apartNGC 3006Barred spiral29 million ly
apartNGC 2998Spiral29 million ly
apartNGC 3008Lenticular30 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).