IC 2544
IC 2544
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBcd
406 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
61k ly
across
15.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 406 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 2544 as it looked roughly 406 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 2521Barred spiral18 million ly
apartNGC 3013Spiral39 million ly
apartIC 2568Barred spiral50 million ly
apartIC 2566Lenticular52 million ly
apartIC 2491Lenticular54 million ly
apartIC 558Elliptical54 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3013Spiral39 million ly
apartIC 2568Barred spiral50 million ly
apartIC 2566Lenticular52 million ly
apartIC 2491Lenticular54 million ly
apartIC 558Elliptical54 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).