IC 2523
IC 2523
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBbc
122 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
51k ly
across
13.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 122 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 2523 as it looked roughly 122 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 3087Elliptical3.1 million ly
apartIC 2526Lenticular3.1 million ly
apartNGC 3108Lenticular4.8 million ly
apartIC 2510Barred spiral6.3 million ly
apartIC 2536Barred spiral6.4 million ly
apartNGC 3100Lenticular7.0 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 2526Lenticular3.1 million ly
apartNGC 3108Lenticular4.8 million ly
apartIC 2510Barred spiral6.3 million ly
apartIC 2536Barred spiral6.4 million ly
apartNGC 3100Lenticular7.0 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).