IC 2590
IC 2590
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
296 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
84k ly
across
14.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 296 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 2590 as it looked roughly 296 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 2583Elliptical7.8 million ly
apartNGC 3270Spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 3234Elliptical14 million ly
apartNGC 3232Spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 3327Barred spiral16 million ly
apartIC 2572Spiral17 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3270Spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 3234Elliptical14 million ly
apartNGC 3232Spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 3327Barred spiral16 million ly
apartIC 2572Spiral17 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).