IC 2542
IC 2542
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBc
286 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
87k ly
across
14.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 286 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 2542 as it looked roughly 286 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 2519Elliptical15 million ly
apartNGC 3106Lenticular16 million ly
apartNGC 3116Elliptical20 million ly
apartNGC 3071Lenticular21 million ly
apartNGC 3163Elliptical23 million ly
apartNGC 3161Elliptical24 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3106Lenticular16 million ly
apartNGC 3116Elliptical20 million ly
apartNGC 3071Lenticular21 million ly
apartNGC 3163Elliptical23 million ly
apartNGC 3161Elliptical24 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).