IC 2577
IC 2577
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sb
297 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
60k ly
across
15.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 297 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 2577 as it looked roughly 297 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 2591Barred spiral24 million ly
apartNGC 3234Elliptical25 million ly
apartNGC 3116Elliptical25 million ly
apartNGC 3232Spiral25 million ly
apartIC 2542Barred spiral25 million ly
apartIC 2540Elliptical26 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3234Elliptical25 million ly
apartNGC 3116Elliptical25 million ly
apartNGC 3232Spiral25 million ly
apartIC 2542Barred spiral25 million ly
apartIC 2540Elliptical26 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).