IC 2531
IC 2531
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
115 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
219k ly
across
12.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 115 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 2531 as it looked roughly 115 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 2533Elliptical3.5 million ly
apartNGC 3100Lenticular4.5 million ly
apartNGC 3084Spiral5.1 million ly
apartNGC 3078Elliptical5.6 million ly
apartNGC 3001Barred spiral6.1 million ly
apartNGC 3051Elliptical6.7 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3100Lenticular4.5 million ly
apartNGC 3084Spiral5.1 million ly
apartNGC 3078Elliptical5.6 million ly
apartNGC 3001Barred spiral6.1 million ly
apartNGC 3051Elliptical6.7 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).