IC 2596
IC 2596
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sab
158 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
61k ly
across
13.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 158 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 2596 as it looked roughly 158 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 2601Lenticular32 million ly
apartNGC 2887Elliptical37 million ly
apartNGC 2788ABarred spiral38 million ly
apartNGC 2842Lenticular40 million ly
apartIC 4333Lenticular46 million ly
apartIC 2202Barred spiral47 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 2887Elliptical37 million ly
apartNGC 2788ABarred spiral38 million ly
apartNGC 2842Lenticular40 million ly
apartIC 4333Lenticular46 million ly
apartIC 2202Barred spiral47 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).