IC 2500
IC 2500
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBab
307 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
121k ly
across
14.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 307 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 2500 as it looked roughly 307 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
NGC 2965Lenticular5.3 million ly
apartNGC 2971Barred spiral9.0 million ly
apartNGC 2955Spiral19 million ly
apartIC 2493Elliptical20 million ly
apartIC 2530Elliptical21 million ly
apartIC 2519Elliptical23 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 2971Barred spiral9.0 million ly
apartNGC 2955Spiral19 million ly
apartIC 2493Elliptical20 million ly
apartIC 2530Elliptical21 million ly
apartIC 2519Elliptical23 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).