IC 2568
IC 2568
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBa
365 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
117k ly
across
14.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 365 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 2568 as it looked roughly 365 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 2566Lenticular3.2 million ly
apartNGC 3150Barred spiral29 million ly
apartIC 2606Lenticular37 million ly
apartNGC 3334Lenticular37 million ly
apartNGC 3237Lenticular42 million ly
apartNGC 3179Lenticular43 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3150Barred spiral29 million ly
apartIC 2606Lenticular37 million ly
apartNGC 3334Lenticular37 million ly
apartNGC 3237Lenticular42 million ly
apartNGC 3179Lenticular43 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).