IC 2532
IC 2532
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sa
133 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
79k ly
across
14.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 133 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 2532 as it looked roughly 133 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
IC 2534Lenticular2.8 million ly
apartNGC 3120Spiral3.6 million ly
apartIC 2513Spiral5.9 million ly
apartNGC 3038Barred spiral6.2 million ly
apartIC 2536Barred spiral6.4 million ly
apartIC 2539Barred spiral7.0 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3120Spiral3.6 million ly
apartIC 2513Spiral5.9 million ly
apartNGC 3038Barred spiral6.2 million ly
apartIC 2536Barred spiral6.4 million ly
apartIC 2539Barred spiral7.0 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).