IC 2017
IC 2017
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
259 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
84k ly
across
15.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 259 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 2017 as it looked roughly 259 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 1997Spiral8.6 million ly
apartIC 2010Spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 1534Lenticular20 million ly
apartNGC 1529Lenticular25 million ly
apartNGC 1526Spiral30 million ly
apartNGC 1490Elliptical30 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 2010Spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 1534Lenticular20 million ly
apartNGC 1529Lenticular25 million ly
apartNGC 1526Spiral30 million ly
apartNGC 1490Elliptical30 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).