IC 1962
IC 1962
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBd
84 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
55k ly
across
14.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 84 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 1962 as it looked roughly 84 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 1377Lenticular1.6 million ly
apartIC 1953Spiral2.5 million ly
apartNGC 1347 NED01Spiral2.9 million ly
apartIC 1952Barred spiral3.8 million ly
apartNGC 1407Elliptical4.4 million ly
apartIC 343Lenticular5.1 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 1953Spiral2.5 million ly
apartNGC 1347 NED01Spiral2.9 million ly
apartIC 1952Barred spiral3.8 million ly
apartNGC 1407Elliptical4.4 million ly
apartIC 343Lenticular5.1 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).