IC 2567
IC 2567
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
562 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
129k ly
across
15.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 562 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 2567 as it looked roughly 562 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 3216Elliptical16 million ly
apartIC 2569Elliptical85 million ly
apartIC 638Spiral99 million ly
apartNGC 3461Barred spiral110 million ly
apartNGC 3350Lenticular110 million ly
apartNGC 3534BBarred spiral110 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 2569Elliptical85 million ly
apartIC 638Spiral99 million ly
apartNGC 3461Barred spiral110 million ly
apartNGC 3350Lenticular110 million ly
apartNGC 3534BBarred spiral110 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).