IC 2536
IC 2536
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBc
127 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
70k ly
across
14.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 127 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 2536 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
IC 2534Lenticular3.6 million ly
apartNGC 3120Spiral3.8 million ly
apartIC 2526Lenticular5.4 million ly
apartNGC 3095Spiral5.8 million ly
apartIC 2523Barred spiral6.4 million ly
apartIC 2532Spiral6.4 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3120Spiral3.8 million ly
apartIC 2526Lenticular5.4 million ly
apartNGC 3095Spiral5.8 million ly
apartIC 2523Barred spiral6.4 million ly
apartIC 2532Spiral6.4 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).