IC 2562
IC 2562
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sa
399 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
77k ly
across
15.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 399 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 2562 as it looked roughly 399 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 595Elliptical39 million ly
apartNGC 3048 NED02Barred spiral42 million ly
apartIC 581Spiral43 million ly
apartIC 572Spiral44 million ly
apartIC 571Barred spiral44 million ly
apartIC 570Spiral45 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3048 NED02Barred spiral42 million ly
apartIC 581Spiral43 million ly
apartIC 572Spiral44 million ly
apartIC 571Barred spiral44 million ly
apartIC 570Spiral45 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).