IC 2586
IC 2586
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
172 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
77k ly
across
12.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 172 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 2586 as it looked roughly 172 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 3285ASpiral5.2 million ly
apartNGC 3307Lenticular6.7 million ly
apartNGC 3315Elliptical7.7 million ly
apartNGC 3308Elliptical8.4 million ly
apartIC 2588Spiral9.6 million ly
apartNGC 3311Elliptical10 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3307Lenticular6.7 million ly
apartNGC 3315Elliptical7.7 million ly
apartNGC 3308Elliptical8.4 million ly
apartIC 2588Spiral9.6 million ly
apartNGC 3311Elliptical10 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).