IC 2549
IC 2549
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sbc
576 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
79k ly
across
15.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 576 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 2549 as it looked roughly 576 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 3012Elliptical56 million ly
apartIC 2508Elliptical56 million ly
apartIC 2496Barred spiral67 million ly
apartIC 2547Barred spiral92 million ly
apartIC 2483Barred spiral100 million ly
apartIC 2612Elliptical110 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 2508Elliptical56 million ly
apartIC 2496Barred spiral67 million ly
apartIC 2547Barred spiral92 million ly
apartIC 2483Barred spiral100 million ly
apartIC 2612Elliptical110 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).