IC 2558
IC 2558
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sm
122 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
36k ly
across
13.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 122 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 2558 as it looked roughly 122 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 2556Spiral5.7 million ly
apartNGC 3087Elliptical6.9 million ly
apartIC 2536Barred spiral7.1 million ly
apartIC 2584Lenticular7.2 million ly
apartNGC 3258CSpiral7.5 million ly
apartNGC 3108Lenticular7.9 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3087Elliptical6.9 million ly
apartIC 2536Barred spiral7.1 million ly
apartIC 2584Lenticular7.2 million ly
apartNGC 3258CSpiral7.5 million ly
apartNGC 3108Lenticular7.9 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).