IC 2665
IC 2665
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sm
532 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
91k ly
across
17.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 532 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 2665 as it looked roughly 532 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 2633Spiral5.9 million ly
apartIC 2683Elliptical6.1 million ly
apartIC 2645Lenticular7.6 million ly
apartIC 2727Barred spiral15 million ly
apartIC 2786Spiral24 million ly
apartIC 2785Elliptical24 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 2683Elliptical6.1 million ly
apartIC 2645Lenticular7.6 million ly
apartIC 2727Barred spiral15 million ly
apartIC 2786Spiral24 million ly
apartIC 2785Elliptical24 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).