IC 2530
IC 2530
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
306 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
86k ly
across
15.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 306 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 2530 as it looked roughly 306 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 2557Lenticular16 million ly
apartNGC 3152Lenticular18 million ly
apartNGC 3159Elliptical19 million ly
apartIC 2527Barred spiral19 million ly
apartNGC 3161Elliptical19 million ly
apartIC 2535Barred spiral19 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3152Lenticular18 million ly
apartNGC 3159Elliptical19 million ly
apartIC 2527Barred spiral19 million ly
apartNGC 3161Elliptical19 million ly
apartIC 2535Barred spiral19 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).