IC 2507
IC 2507
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Irregular
type · IB
58 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
30k ly
across
13.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 58 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 2507 as it looked roughly 58 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 2883Irregular6.1 million ly
apartNGC 2997Spiral8.1 million ly
apartNGC 3125Elliptical8.3 million ly
apartNGC 3137Spiral8.7 million ly
apartIC 2563Barred spiral9.3 million ly
apartNGC 3113Spiral9.5 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 2997Spiral8.1 million ly
apartNGC 3125Elliptical8.3 million ly
apartNGC 3137Spiral8.7 million ly
apartIC 2563Barred spiral9.3 million ly
apartNGC 3113Spiral9.5 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).