IC 2564
IC 2564
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
762 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
157k ly
across
15.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 762 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 2564 as it looked roughly 762 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 2543 NED01Barred spiral41 million ly
apartNGC 3219Elliptical48 million ly
apartIC 2525Elliptical68 million ly
apartNGC 3099Elliptical89 million ly
apartIC 2503Barred spiral120 million ly
apartIC 2502Spiral120 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3219Elliptical48 million ly
apartIC 2525Elliptical68 million ly
apartNGC 3099Elliptical89 million ly
apartIC 2503Barred spiral120 million ly
apartIC 2502Spiral120 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).