IC 2573
IC 2573
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBcd
194 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
85k ly
across
15.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 194 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 2573 as it looked roughly 194 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 3333Barred spiral14 million ly
apartIC 2578Spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 3302Lenticular16 million ly
apartIC 2548Barred spiral17 million ly
apartIC 2582Barred spiral18 million ly
apartNGC 3269Lenticular18 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 2578Spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 3302Lenticular16 million ly
apartIC 2548Barred spiral17 million ly
apartIC 2582Barred spiral18 million ly
apartNGC 3269Lenticular18 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).