IC 2583
IC 2583
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
294 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
50k ly
across
14.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 294 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 2583 as it looked roughly 294 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 3270Spiral6.6 million ly
apartIC 2590Lenticular7.8 million ly
apartNGC 3232Spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 3234Elliptical13 million ly
apartNGC 3209Elliptical14 million ly
apartNGC 3327Barred spiral14 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 2590Lenticular7.8 million ly
apartNGC 3232Spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 3234Elliptical13 million ly
apartNGC 3209Elliptical14 million ly
apartNGC 3327Barred spiral14 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).