IC 2560
IC 2560
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBb
137 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
141k ly
across
12.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 137 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 2560 as it looked roughly 137 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 spiral2.1 million ly
apartNGC 3223Barred spiral3.3 million ly
apartNGC 3224Elliptical6.0 million ly
apartNGC 3157Barred spiral6.3 million ly
apartNGC 3241Spiral6.5 million ly
apartIC 2552Elliptical7.2 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3223Barred spiral3.3 million ly
apartNGC 3224Elliptical6.0 million ly
apartNGC 3157Barred spiral6.3 million ly
apartNGC 3241Spiral6.5 million ly
apartIC 2552Elliptical7.2 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).