IC 2572
IC 2572
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sa
286 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
75k ly
across
15.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 286 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 2572 as it looked roughly 286 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
NGC 3232Spiral6.5 million ly
apartNGC 3234Elliptical13 million ly
apartNGC 3209Elliptical14 million ly
apartIC 2583Elliptical15 million ly
apartIC 2590Lenticular17 million ly
apartNGC 3270Spiral19 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3234Elliptical13 million ly
apartNGC 3209Elliptical14 million ly
apartIC 2583Elliptical15 million ly
apartIC 2590Lenticular17 million ly
apartNGC 3270Spiral19 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).