IC 2510
IC 2510
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sb
127 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
59k ly
across
15.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 127 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 2510 as it looked roughly 127 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 3038Barred spiral3.3 million ly
apartIC 2526Lenticular5.4 million ly
apartIC 2523Barred spiral6.3 million ly
apartNGC 3095Spiral6.6 million ly
apartIC 2513Spiral7.0 million ly
apartIC 2536Barred spiral7.7 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 2526Lenticular5.4 million ly
apartIC 2523Barred spiral6.3 million ly
apartNGC 3095Spiral6.6 million ly
apartIC 2513Spiral7.0 million ly
apartIC 2536Barred spiral7.7 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).