IC 2563
IC 2563
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBcd
64 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
17k ly
across
15.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 64 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 2563 as it looked roughly 64 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 2507Irregular9.3 million ly
apartNGC 3137Spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 3125Elliptical12 million ly
apartNGC 3355Spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 3175Spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 3113Spiral14 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3137Spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 3125Elliptical12 million ly
apartNGC 3355Spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 3175Spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 3113Spiral14 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).