IC 2535
IC 2535
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sb
324 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
80k ly
across
14.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 324 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 2535 as it looked roughly 324 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 2527Barred spiral5.1 million ly
apartNGC 3158Elliptical11 million ly
apartNGC 3151Lenticular12 million ly
apartNGC 3160Spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 3159Elliptical14 million ly
apartIC 2530Elliptical19 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3158Elliptical11 million ly
apartNGC 3151Lenticular12 million ly
apartNGC 3160Spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 3159Elliptical14 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).