IC 2570
IC 2570
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBbc
804 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
192k ly
across
16.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 804 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 2570 as it looked roughly 804 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 2575Barred spiral18 million ly
apartNGC 2975Elliptical260 million ly
apartIC 2593Lenticular290 million ly
apartNGC 3520Elliptical360 million ly
apartNGC 3290Barred spiral360 million ly
apartIC 2576Barred spiral370 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 2975Elliptical260 million ly
apartIC 2593Lenticular290 million ly
apartNGC 3520Elliptical360 million ly
apartNGC 3290Barred spiral360 million ly
apartIC 2576Barred spiral370 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).