IC 2519
IC 2519
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
295 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
30k ly
across
15.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 295 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 2519 as it looked roughly 295 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
NGC 3071Lenticular14 million ly
apartIC 2542Barred spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 3106Lenticular18 million ly
apartNGC 3116Elliptical19 million ly
apartIC 2530Elliptical21 million ly
apartIC 2540Elliptical21 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 2542Barred spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 3106Lenticular18 million ly
apartNGC 3116Elliptical19 million ly
apartIC 2530Elliptical21 million ly
apartIC 2540Elliptical21 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).