IC 2578
IC 2578
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
179 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
79k ly
across
15.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 179 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 2578 as it looked roughly 179 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 3269Lenticular5.7 million ly
apartNGC 3271Lenticular6.6 million ly
apartNGC 3267Lenticular7.3 million ly
apartNGC 3302Lenticular9.4 million ly
apartIC 2573Barred spiral16 million ly
apartIC 2586Elliptical18 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3271Lenticular6.6 million ly
apartNGC 3267Lenticular7.3 million ly
apartNGC 3302Lenticular9.4 million ly
apartIC 2573Barred spiral16 million ly
apartIC 2586Elliptical18 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).