IC 2597
IC 2597
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
141 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
108k ly
across
11.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 141 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 2597 as it looked roughly 141 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 3285BBarred spiral2.2 million ly
apartNGC 3312Barred spiral8.9 million ly
apartNGC 3208Spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 3314ABarred spiral11 million ly
apartIC 2580Spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 3390Barred spiral15 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3312Barred spiral8.9 million ly
apartNGC 3208Spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 3314ABarred spiral11 million ly
apartIC 2580Spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 3390Barred spiral15 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).