IC 2526
IC 2526
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
124 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
75k ly
across
13.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 124 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 2526 as it looked roughly 124 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 2523Barred spiral3.1 million ly
apartNGC 3108Lenticular4.3 million ly
apartNGC 3095Spiral4.6 million ly
apartIC 2510Barred spiral5.4 million ly
apartIC 2536Barred spiral5.4 million ly
apartNGC 3087Elliptical5.6 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3108Lenticular4.3 million ly
apartNGC 3095Spiral4.6 million ly
apartIC 2510Barred spiral5.4 million ly
apartIC 2536Barred spiral5.4 million ly
apartNGC 3087Elliptical5.6 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).