IC 2497
IC 2497
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBa
698 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
146k ly
across
15.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 698 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 2497 as it looked roughly 698 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 2502Spiral8.2 million ly
apartIC 2503Barred spiral9.0 million ly
apartNGC 3099Elliptical61 million ly
apartIC 2525Elliptical63 million ly
apartIC 2543 NED01Barred spiral95 million ly
apartIC 2486Barred spiral110 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 2503Barred spiral9.0 million ly
apartNGC 3099Elliptical61 million ly
apartIC 2525Elliptical63 million ly
apartIC 2543 NED01Barred spiral95 million ly
apartIC 2486Barred spiral110 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).