IC 2557
IC 2557
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
302 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
53k ly
across
15.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 302 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 2557 as it looked roughly 302 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 3152Lenticular7.5 million ly
apartNGC 3161Elliptical9.5 million ly
apartNGC 3163Elliptical13 million ly
apartNGC 3159Elliptical14 million ly
apartIC 2530Elliptical16 million ly
apartNGC 3151Lenticular17 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3161Elliptical9.5 million ly
apartNGC 3163Elliptical13 million ly
apartNGC 3159Elliptical14 million ly
apartIC 2530Elliptical16 million ly
apartNGC 3151Lenticular17 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).