IC 2601
IC 2601
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
476 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
48k ly
across
15.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 476 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 2601 as it looked roughly 476 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 2600Galaxy3.8 million ly
apartNGC 3212Barred spiral65 million ly
apartNGC 3215Barred spiral70 million ly
apartNGC 4954Lenticular89 million ly
apartNGC 3236Elliptical98 million ly
apartNGC 3168Elliptical110 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3212Barred spiral65 million ly
apartNGC 3215Barred spiral70 million ly
apartNGC 4954Lenticular89 million ly
apartNGC 3236Elliptical98 million ly
apartNGC 3168Elliptical110 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).