IC 2591
IC 2591
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBc
316 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
92k ly
across
14.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 316 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 2591 as it looked roughly 316 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 3304Spiral16 million ly
apartIC 2577Barred spiral24 million ly
apartNGC 3334Lenticular25 million ly
apartNGC 3237Lenticular31 million ly
apartIC 2557Lenticular31 million ly
apartNGC 3159Elliptical32 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 2577Barred spiral24 million ly
apartNGC 3334Lenticular25 million ly
apartNGC 3237Lenticular31 million ly
apartIC 2557Lenticular31 million ly
apartNGC 3159Elliptical32 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).