IC 2552
IC 2552
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E-S0
143 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
78k ly
across
12.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 143 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 2552 as it looked roughly 143 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 2559Barred spiral5.1 million ly
apartNGC 3224Elliptical5.7 million ly
apartIC 2560Barred spiral7.2 million ly
apartNGC 3223Barred spiral9.1 million ly
apartIC 2522Spiral9.2 million ly
apartNGC 3258ALenticular10 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3224Elliptical5.7 million ly
apartIC 2560Barred spiral7.2 million ly
apartNGC 3223Barred spiral9.1 million ly
apartIC 2522Spiral9.2 million ly
apartNGC 3258ALenticular10 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).