IC 2009
IC 2009
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Irregular
type · IAB
74 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
32k ly
across
14.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 74 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 2009 as it looked roughly 74 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 1986Spiral5.6 million ly
apartIC 2035Elliptical7.7 million ly
apartNGC 1476Spiral8.1 million ly
apartNGC 1566Spiral9.6 million ly
apartNGC 1581Elliptical9.9 million ly
apartNGC 1602Barred spiral10 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 2035Elliptical7.7 million ly
apartNGC 1476Spiral8.1 million ly
apartNGC 1566Spiral9.6 million ly
apartNGC 1581Elliptical9.9 million ly
apartNGC 1602Barred spiral10 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).