IC 2565
IC 2565
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
695 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
135k ly
across
15.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 695 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 2565 as it looked roughly 695 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 3196Elliptical15 million ly
apartIC 2569Elliptical62 million ly
apartNGC 3099Elliptical77 million ly
apartIC 2612Elliptical120 million ly
apartIC 2564Elliptical130 million ly
apartIC 2502Spiral130 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 2569Elliptical62 million ly
apartNGC 3099Elliptical77 million ly
apartIC 2612Elliptical120 million ly
apartIC 2564Elliptical130 million ly
apartIC 2502Spiral130 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).