IC 2539
IC 2539
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sbc
133 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
77k ly
across
14.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 133 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 2539 as it looked roughly 133 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
NGC 3157Barred spiral3.7 million ly
apartNGC 3082Elliptical4.8 million ly
apartNGC 3095Spiral5.1 million ly
apartIC 2534Lenticular7.0 million ly
apartIC 2532Spiral7.0 million ly
apartNGC 3120Spiral7.0 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3082Elliptical4.8 million ly
apartNGC 3095Spiral5.1 million ly
apartIC 2534Lenticular7.0 million ly
apartIC 2532Spiral7.0 million ly
apartNGC 3120Spiral7.0 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).