IC 2538
IC 2538
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · SABc
425 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
184k ly
across
15.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 425 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 2538 as it looked roughly 425 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 2576Barred spiral39 million ly
apartNGC 3250ABarred spiral93 million ly
apartNGC 3025Lenticular100 million ly
apartNGC 2996Lenticular100 million ly
apartNGC 2956Barred spiral130 million ly
apartNGC 3141Spiral130 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3250ABarred spiral93 million ly
apartNGC 3025Lenticular100 million ly
apartNGC 2996Lenticular100 million ly
apartNGC 2956Barred spiral130 million ly
apartNGC 3141Spiral130 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).