IC 2537
IC 2537
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
130 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
99k ly
across
12.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 130 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 2537 as it looked roughly 130 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 3082Elliptical6.8 million ly
apartNGC 3089Spiral7.4 million ly
apartIC 2539Barred spiral9.2 million ly
apartNGC 3095Spiral9.3 million ly
apartNGC 3157Barred spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 3051Elliptical12 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3089Spiral7.4 million ly
apartIC 2539Barred spiral9.2 million ly
apartNGC 3095Spiral9.3 million ly
apartNGC 3157Barred spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 3051Elliptical12 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).