IC 2576
IC 2576
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sb
435 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
119k ly
across
14.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 435 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 2576 as it looked roughly 435 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 2538Spiral39 million ly
apartNGC 3250ABarred spiral100 million ly
apartNGC 3025Lenticular110 million ly
apartNGC 2996Lenticular110 million ly
apartNGC 3141Spiral130 million ly
apartNGC 3140Spiral130 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3250ABarred spiral100 million ly
apartNGC 3025Lenticular110 million ly
apartNGC 2996Lenticular110 million ly
apartNGC 3141Spiral130 million ly
apartNGC 3140Spiral130 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).