IC 2587
IC 2587
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E-S0
99 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
57k ly
across
12.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 99 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 2587 as it looked roughly 99 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 3258BLenticular2.2 million ly
apartNGC 3281ALenticular8.1 million ly
apartNGC 3281BElliptical15 million ly
apartNGC 3260Elliptical16 million ly
apartNGC 3258DBarred spiral17 million ly
apartNGC 3273Lenticular19 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3281ALenticular8.1 million ly
apartNGC 3281BElliptical15 million ly
apartNGC 3260Elliptical16 million ly
apartNGC 3258DBarred spiral17 million ly
apartNGC 3273Lenticular19 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).