IC 2520
IC 2520
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
58 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
15k ly
across
14.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 58 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 2520 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 3098Lenticular6.5 million ly
apartNGC 2964Barred spiral6.6 million ly
apartNGC 3162Spiral6.7 million ly
apartNGC 3185Spiral7.5 million ly
apartNGC 3189Spiral7.9 million ly
apartNGC 3118Barred spiral7.9 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 2964Barred spiral6.6 million ly
apartNGC 3162Spiral6.7 million ly
apartNGC 3185Spiral7.5 million ly
apartNGC 3189Spiral7.9 million ly
apartNGC 3118Barred spiral7.9 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).