IC 2598
IC 2598
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sa
274 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
53k ly
across
15.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 274 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 2598 as it looked roughly 274 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 2572Spiral21 million ly
apartNGC 3270Spiral21 million ly
apartIC 2583Elliptical22 million ly
apartNGC 3352Lenticular22 million ly
apartIC 2590Lenticular22 million ly
apartNGC 3363Barred spiral23 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3270Spiral21 million ly
apartIC 2583Elliptical22 million ly
apartNGC 3352Lenticular22 million ly
apartIC 2590Lenticular22 million ly
apartNGC 3363Barred spiral23 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).