IC 2524
IC 2524
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
69 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
15k ly
across
14.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 69 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 2524 as it looked roughly 69 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 3067Spiral1.5 million ly
apartNGC 3003Barred spiral2.3 million ly
apartNGC 3011Lenticular4.1 million ly
apartNGC 2968Spiral5.3 million ly
apartNGC 3026Barred spiral6.3 million ly
apartNGC 3021Barred spiral6.4 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3003Barred spiral2.3 million ly
apartNGC 3011Lenticular4.1 million ly
apartNGC 2968Spiral5.3 million ly
apartNGC 3026Barred spiral6.3 million ly
apartNGC 3021Barred spiral6.4 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).