IC 2527
IC 2527
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBc
323 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
54k ly
across
15.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 323 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 2527 as it looked roughly 323 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 2535Barred spiral5.1 million ly
apartNGC 3158Elliptical16 million ly
apartNGC 3151Lenticular16 million ly
apartNGC 3160Spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 3159Elliptical17 million ly
apartIC 2530Elliptical19 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3158Elliptical16 million ly
apartNGC 3151Lenticular16 million ly
apartNGC 3160Spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 3159Elliptical17 million ly
apartIC 2530Elliptical19 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).