IC 2503
IC 2503
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sbc
702 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
86k ly
across
16.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 702 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 2503 as it looked roughly 702 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 2502Spiral1.1 million ly
apartIC 2497Barred spiral9.0 million ly
apartIC 2525Elliptical54 million ly
apartNGC 3099Elliptical58 million ly
apartIC 2543 NED01Barred spiral87 million ly
apartNGC 3219Elliptical110 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 2497Barred spiral9.0 million ly
apartIC 2525Elliptical54 million ly
apartNGC 3099Elliptical58 million ly
apartIC 2543 NED01Barred spiral87 million ly
apartNGC 3219Elliptical110 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).