IC 2554
IC 2554
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBbc
66 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
63k ly
across
11.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 66 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 2554 as it looked roughly 66 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 2788BBarred spiral8.0 million ly
apartNGC 3136Elliptical9.2 million ly
apartNGC 3059Barred spiral9.9 million ly
apartNGC 2822Elliptical12 million ly
apartNGC 2788Spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 2836Barred spiral15 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3136Elliptical9.2 million ly
apartNGC 3059Barred spiral9.9 million ly
apartNGC 2822Elliptical12 million ly
apartNGC 2788Spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 2836Barred spiral15 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).