IC 2575
IC 2575
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sbc
806 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
148k ly
across
15.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 806 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 2575 as it looked roughly 806 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 2570Barred spiral18 million ly
apartNGC 2975Elliptical260 million ly
apartIC 2593Lenticular280 million ly
apartNGC 3520Elliptical340 million ly
apartNGC 3290Barred spiral360 million ly
apartIC 2576Barred spiral370 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 2975Elliptical260 million ly
apartIC 2593Lenticular280 million ly
apartNGC 3520Elliptical340 million ly
apartNGC 3290Barred spiral360 million ly
apartIC 2576Barred spiral370 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).