IC 2600
IC 2600
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Galaxy
morphology
480 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
87k ly
across
15.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 480 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 2600 as it looked roughly 480 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 2601Elliptical3.8 million ly
apartNGC 3212Barred spiral66 million ly
apartNGC 3215Barred spiral72 million ly
apartNGC 4954Lenticular91 million ly
apartNGC 3236Elliptical100 million ly
apartNGC 3168Elliptical110 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3212Barred spiral66 million ly
apartNGC 3215Barred spiral72 million ly
apartNGC 4954Lenticular91 million ly
apartNGC 3236Elliptical100 million ly
apartNGC 3168Elliptical110 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).