IC 2483
IC 2483
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sb
590 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
113k ly
across
15.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 590 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 2483 as it looked roughly 590 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 2496Barred spiral45 million ly
apartIC 2508Elliptical52 million ly
apartIC 2486Barred spiral67 million ly
apartNGC 3012Elliptical75 million ly
apartIC 2475Barred spiral86 million ly
apartIC 2549Barred spiral100 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 2508Elliptical52 million ly
apartIC 2486Barred spiral67 million ly
apartNGC 3012Elliptical75 million ly
apartIC 2475Barred spiral86 million ly
apartIC 2549Barred spiral100 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).