IC 2588
IC 2588
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sa
164 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
79k ly
across
12.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 164 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 2588 as it looked roughly 164 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 3308Elliptical9.1 million ly
apartNGC 3285ASpiral9.6 million ly
apartIC 2586Elliptical9.6 million ly
apartNGC 3285Spiral9.7 million ly
apartNGC 3249Spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 3307Lenticular16 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3285ASpiral9.6 million ly
apartIC 2586Elliptical9.6 million ly
apartNGC 3285Spiral9.7 million ly
apartNGC 3249Spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 3307Lenticular16 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).