IC 2593
IC 2593
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
727 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
184k ly
across
15.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 727 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 2593 as it looked roughly 727 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 659Elliptical120 million ly
apartNGC 2975Elliptical180 million ly
apartIC 655Barred spiral210 million ly
apartIC 608Lenticular220 million ly
apartIC 680Barred spiral220 million ly
apartIC 660Elliptical230 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 2975Elliptical180 million ly
apartIC 655Barred spiral210 million ly
apartIC 608Lenticular220 million ly
apartIC 680Barred spiral220 million ly
apartIC 660Elliptical230 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).